A discreet citizen, a priori without history. At 43, Tobias R., the alleged perpetrator of the Wednesday night shootings near Frankfurt, was unknown to the police, according to the Minister of the Interior of Hesse. The attorney general spoke on Thursday of the suspect's “deeply racist vision”.
Born in Hanau, the city where he committed his crimes, Tobias R. had trained as a banker and then studied management in Bayreuth. He was never married and no relationship was known to him.
He kills his mother before committing suicide
Investigators found him dead at his home. They assume that Tobias R., the holder of a hunting license, shot a 72-year-old mother before committing suicide. "The weapon found at his home" was used during the shootings, according to the authorities. The father of the only suspect was found unharmed outside the apartment. He was arrested for questioning.
A 24-page river letter on the Internet and a video posted on YouTube and now inaccessible were found after his plans. They reveal that the shooter had built his own world. From a very young age, he felt constantly watched by a "disturbing secret service". His continual monitoring explains, according to him, that he has always remained single.
In a video posted on YouTube a week before his crimes, filmed in front of a wall of old filing cabinets and a small bed, he also talks about the existence of "underground military bases" in which some people "praise the devil", "Mistreat, torture and kill small children".
"Absurd conspiracy theories"
Young adult, it is certain that such an organization exists and that its employees manage to read the minds of others. "In addition to confused thoughts and absurd conspiracy theories" Tobias R. has a "deeply racist view" of the world, according to Attorney General Peter Frank, quoted by The Spiegel.
In this manifesto letter, he calls for the extermination of several countries in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia by using explicitly eugenicist terms.
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Tobias R. is a supporter of the current American president. It not only takes up Donald Trump's idea of a wall on Mexico. He also believes that the billionaire is "most likely to set the economic course for the United States" and more broadly for the West.