As coronavirus outbreak hits economy, German state finance minister kills self

As coronavirus outbreak hits economy, German state finance minister kills self

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*Berlin:* Finance minister of Germany's Hesse state, Thomas Schaefer, committed suicide apparently after expressing "despair" over how to handle the economic fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus, an official confirmed on Sunday.

Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track at Hochheim, near Frankfurt on Saturday....

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