Germany is, Thursday, a country in mourning after the double shooting carried out on Wednesday in the center of Hanau, a town of 100,000 inhabitants. The investigation continues and the anti-terrorist prosecution has been seized. The xenophobic character of the attack is privileged. In the process, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke. She lambasted "the poison of racism". "There is a lot of evidence that the assailant's motivations are extreme right and racist. He acted out of hatred for people who have another origin, another religion or another physical aspect. Racism is a poison, the hatred is poison, "said the Chancellor.
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The investigation is progressing
Around 10 p.m. Wednesday, a shisha bar, the Midnight, was targeted by gunfire. The shooter then went by car to a second establishment, the Arena Bar, in the outskirts of Kesselstadt, where he killed five people, including a woman. Among those killed are "several victims of Kurdish origin," said the Confederation of Kurdistan Communities in Germany (Kon-Med).
It was the assailant's car that helped trace the assailant. The black sedan was seen in front of the bars, targeted last night. He drove it alone. In the car, investigators found ammunition and magazines, according to local press, adding that the suspect had a hunting license.
If he acted alone that night, the investigation will however have to determine if he has not had contact with other extremists, particularly on the internet. Six bears ago, a far-right terrorist network was dismantled in Germany. He wanted to attack Muslims.
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It will also be necessary to study the possible links with the AFD party and in particular its tribune Bernanke, who called on Monday evening the German patriots "to take action".
24 page manifesto found
Unknown to the police, the shooter, a 43-year-old German, identified by the German media as Tobias R., was a bank employee, member of a shooting club and holder of a hunting license. Single, he lived with his mother, found dead by his side this morning in their lodge.
The man left a video and text behind him, a 24-page manifesto written in perfect German. In his story, he mixes racial theories of the conspirators and a hatred of foreigners make it necessary to "clean up Germany big".
This Thursday, several support rallies for the victims are planned in Hanau and Berlin.