In Hesse, there was a terrible bloody attack on Thursday night. Eleven people were killed. The police are still in action.
- A bloody deed occurred in Hanau, Hesse.
- Shots were fired late Wednesday evening.
- Initially, there were eight deaths, and the police have now confirmed 11 fatalities.
6.17 a.m .: After the terrible events of Wednesday evening in Hanau , further details are gradually revealed. On Merkur.de * you can read what is currently known and what is not. There you will also find depressing pictures of the crime scenes.
5.54 a.m .: There are now further details on the terrible bloody deed in Hanau, Hesse. Apparently, eleven people died on Thursday night. There were initially eight deaths before the number was increased to nine.
As the police announced on Twitter, the alleged perpetrator is also dead . Officials found two more bodies in an apartment early Thursday morning. Among these, there is a high probability that the perpetrator was a police spokesman. There is no evidence of further perpetrators.
❗ #Update after # shootout in #Hanau ❗
The alleged perpetrator was found lifeless at his home address in #Hanau. Special police officers also discovered another body there.
The investigation is ongoing.
There are currently no indications of other perpetrators.
Hanau: Gunfire in Hesse - eleven people are dead
The police initially stated the number of deaths as eight, in the morning as nine. In addition, several people were injured, police said.
But what happened there in Hesse late Wednesday evening? According to the police, the following details are known to date. At around 10 p.m., a perpetrator attacked a shisha bar on Heumarkt - in the west of Hanau . As the police reported, several guests were shot.
Subsequently, a dark car is said to have fled the scene, a short time later other people were killed in the Kesselstadt district further west.
According to the current state of knowledge, eight people were fatally injured in the shooting in #Hanau.
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Horrible bloody deed in Hessen: Eight people are dead - police are puzzled
First report of February 20, 5.42 a.m .: Violent act in Hanau, Hesse: After shooting two shisha bars, eight people are dead - five more are injured. The background is still completely dark. The police cordoned off the area around the two crime scenes extensively. The perpetrator (s) are still on the run early in the morning, the police are still in large-scale operations. At the moment it is only known the number of victims and that there were two crime scenes - only around two and a half kilometers apart.
Most recently, the deadly attack in Halle shook people in Germany. Terrible tragedies have also recently occurred in Berlin, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
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