Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider killed in car accident
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Austrian police said far-right politician Joerg Haider died in a car accident on early Saturday morning in the south of the country.
The 58-year-old Haider was governor of Carinthia and leader of the far-right Alliance for the Future of Austria at the time of his death.
In 1999, Haider raked in 27 percent of the vote in national elections as leader of the Freedom Party.
The party's subsequent inclusion in the government led to months of European Union sanctions over Haider's statements, which were seen as anti-Semitic or sympathetic to Adolf Hitler's labor policies. Haider had since significantly toned down his rhetoric.
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