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At least 8 dead and 5 wounded in two shootings in Germany

2/19/2020, 11:50:56 PM


The aggressors fled and a strong police cordon was deployed in the immediate vicinity of the area.

02/19/2020 - 20:26

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At least eight people died and five others were injured on Wednesday after two shootings occurred in the German city of Hanau (center of the country).

The first attack happened around 8 pm in a "shisha bar", an oriental pipe smoking place , in the center of the city, and according to local media the shots were fired from a moving car.

Supposedly the same vehicle was then directed to another similar establishment in another neighborhood of Hanau, where a second shooting occurred.

🇩🇪 # GERMANY # ÚLTIMAHORA | Police respond to two shootings in bars in the city of #Hanau.

According to preliminary reports there are 8 dead. So far no information has been given on the injured. pic.twitter.com/QbGViO7tBE

- Rochex R. Robinson Bonilla (@ RochexRB27) February 19, 2020

According to the N-Tv television channel, the aggressor or the aggressors (the number of attackers is not yet confirmed) fled, while a strong police cordon was deployed in the vicinity of the premises.

Hanau saldirganin yakalndigi ve 8 kisinin öldügü iddia ediliyor pic.twitter.com/kvsLYQ5URG

- Nurhak Engizek (@ Nurhak1Engizek) February 19, 2020

Hanau is a city of 100,000 inhabitants located in the state of Hesse, about 25 kilometers east of the city of Frankfurt.

Source: EFE

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