Dead from gunfire in Hanau

Hanau (dpa) - Gunshots killed several people in Hanau, Hesse. A spokesman for the Hanau police said. The background was initially unclear, including the exact number of deaths.

According to a report by the Hessischer Rundfunk, a Sisha bar in the city center of Hanau was initially attacked. Eyewitnesses are said to have reported eight to nine shots. Then the perpetrators are said to have gone to the Kesselstadt district. There is said to have been shot again in a shisha bar. Here, too, there are said to have been deaths. However, the police did not confirm the information in the media report.

Hanau is located in the Main-Kinzig district about 20 kilometers east of Frankfurt / Main and has about 100,000 inhabitants.