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German state finance minister ‘kills himself’ NewsColony A German state finance minister has been found dead in an apparent suicide which has been linked to the coronavirus crisis, officials said today. Thomas Schaefer, 54, minister for the Hesse region, was found dead on railway tracks at Hochhein, near Frankfurt, on Saturday. Authorities said Mr Schaefer appeared to have killed himself, with state governor Volker Bouffier suggesting on Sunday he was in despair over the coronavirus crisis. Thomas Schaefer, 54, finance minister for the Hesse region, was found dead on railway tracks at Hochhein, near Frankfurt, on Saturday Police and prosectors said witness statements and observations at the scene had led them to believe the minister, who was a member of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, had killed himself. Mr Bouffier added that Mr Schaefer was worried about ‘whether it would be possible to succeed in fulfilling the population’s huge expectations, p...