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2 men sentenced to prison terms for brutal attack on retired teacher in German subway station  

MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- Two men were convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to prison Tuesday for a brutal attack on a German retiree that sparked a political furor over crime committed by young immigrants.

Munich state court sentenced Turkish-born Serkan Aksu, 21, to 12 years in prison. It gave Greek-born 18-year-old Spyridon Loukas an 8 1/2-year sentence - imposed under juvenile law because he was 17 at the time of the December attack.

Surveillance cameras in a Munich subway station captured footage of the pair beating and kicking the 76-year-old retired teacher after he asked them to respect a ban on smoking.

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