doesn't mean it's becoming clear that
Germany has a problem with far-right
terrorism a resident in Hanoi east of
Frankfurt filmed the aftermath of its
latest nightmarish manifestation last
night people out together on a Wednesday
night enjoying tea and a shisha pipe
nine people were shot and killed by a
far-right extremist those who died
between the ages of 21 and 44 a mix of
nationalities some from Turkey some
Kurdish some originally from Germany
elysian was I was passages
I can't grasp yet everything that has
happened my colleagues all my colleagues
they're like my family they can't
understand it either but I hope that
there is a hope that God is with them
the gunman's rampage started here at the
midnight bar in the center of town
according to one german newspaper who he
rang the doorbell forced and then opened
fire on people in the smoking section
according to german media a pregnant
mother was among the victims the gunmen
then left the scene in a car on to his
next destination the suspect began the
attack at the midnight shisha bar in the
center of hano at around 10 p.m.
witnesses reported hearing eight or nine
gunshots he then drove to the west of
the town to the arena bar where he
killed more people the suspect then
drove to his home nearby where it's
reported he shot his elderly mother
before turning the gun on himself in the
last few hours German prosecutors named
a 43 year old suspect as Tobias or it's
the convention in Germany just to give
the first letter of a surname when it
comes to suspects a man matching that
name lives on the street just here
behind me and we've just seen a body
been taking out of a property they are
unloaded into the back of one of the
mortuary vans in front of the police
truck a man matching that name Tobias or
published a 24 page manifesto of sorts
with depressingly familiar themes when
it comes to this sort of attack hatred
of non-white people hatred of foreigners
a mash-up of eugenics and conspiracy
theory you can't
is under control of invisible secret
societies German media has identified
the killer as Tobias Russian University
Graduate born and bred in Hanul he
recently posted this video message
online talking about secret bunkers in
the u.s. gift racism is poison hatred is
poison and this poison exists in society
and it is to blame for far too many
crimes far-right attacks have become a
particular concern for German
authorities in October two people were
killed in an anti-semitic neo-nazi gun
attack in the eastern city of Halle the
rampage was streamed live last June
politician Walter Luka an advocate for
more liberal refugee policies was shot
dead at his home then just last Friday
police arrested 12 members of a German
extreme-right group believed to have
been plotting large-scale attacks on
mosques this evening German President
Frank valtor Steinmeier laid flowers at
the scene this is a contrary in mourning
this is a country asking questions of
itself we're outside the midnight bar
here in Hinault and throughout the day
people have been coming to lay flowers
and pay their respects here because of
course this is first and foremost a deep
personal tragedy for the friends and
families of those who have lost loved
ones but there is also political context
here as well and in particular eyes
turning to the far-right party the AFD
people starting to question whether what
they consider to be that party's toxic
narrative have played a part in this and
one left-wing politician in particular
tweeted out a picture of an AF D poster
that was recently published which warned
against what it what it described as
criminals congregating in shisha bars we
try to reach out to the AFD to find out
whether that poster is genuine and get
some reaction from them to that but
either way throughout the day here
people coming up to us on the street
question
the extent to which that sort of
language that sort of narrative fed into
what happened here last night
all right thanks very much