BAD KREUZNACH, Germany: A 50-year-old German man was jailed for life Tuesday for shooting dead a gasoline station cashier because he was angry about being told to wear a mask while buying beer.

The September 2021 murder in the western town of Idar-Oberstein shocked Germany, which saw a vocal anti-mask and anti-vaccine movement emerge in response to the government's coronavirus restrictions.

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