Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her leadership style on Thursday after she remained on vacation this week following Islamist attacks in Germany that critics have blamed on her open-door refugee policy. Interrupting her holiday to hold a news conference, Merkel batted away questions about why she had not visited the scene of any of five attacks committed since July 18 that have left 15 people dead -- including four attackers -- and dozens injured. "A decision has to be taken on this each time and perhaps some members of the public have a different view to the way I decided to do things," she told a news conference, adding that she would attend a memorial ceremony on Sunday in Munich. Munich was the scene of the bloodiest of the attacks, in which an 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman killed nine people. Merkel faced criticism on social media after failing to react until the next day, 17 hours after U.S. President Barack Obama. "I have the feeling that I acted re...
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