Germany on Friday marks a year since nine
people were killed in a racist shooting in the city of Hanau, an assault that
has fuelled fears of far-right terror in the country.
The charming German city of LĂĽbeck was lovingly done up for the holidays with fairy lights and garlands but the
usual festive bustle was eerily absent this pandemic-scarred winter.
The extreme political right in Germany is on the defensive and stands accused of inciting last week's racist attacks in Hanau and others with its anti-migrant diatribes.
German ministers promised on Friday to ramp up security and put more police on the streets to quell public fears, two days after a racist gunman killed nine people.
A man suspected to hold far-right views killed nine people in a shisha bar and a cafe in Germany, where there has been an upsurge in racially motivated and anti-Semitic attacks in recent years.
A man identified only as
43-year-old Tobias R. is believed to have killed nine strangers in shootings at a shisha bar and a cafe in the German city Hanau late Wednesday, before killing his mother and finally himself.
Residents tearfully embraced each
other and laid flowers Thursday in the German city of Hanau after a gunman with suspected far-right beliefs killed nine people at a shisha bar and a cafe.
A shooter killed nine people in the German city of Hanau in a racist attack. We spoke to anti-terror experts to find out how Germany is reacting and what we can learn.
German investigators said Thursday they suspected a "xenophobic motive" behind shootings at a shisha bar and a
cafe that left 10 dead overnight in the city of Hanau.
A group of historical preservation enthusiasts in the Hessian town of Hanau have been honoured for more than 20 years of work to bring the world’s oldest stationary carrousel back to life.