After terror attack: Demonstration for the victims in Hanau also on Sunday

After the right-wing extremist terror attack, thousands of people in Hanau demonstrated against hatred, agitation and contempt for human beings. There is also a demonstration on Sunday to commemorate the victims.

• Terror in Hanau: attack in shisha bars - eleven dead
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• Another demonstration in Hanau on Sunday

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+++ 19:54 clock: On Sunday (23.02.2020) another demonstration for the victims of the terrorist attack in Hanau will be held. The Hanauer Vereine initiative wants to commemorate the fatalities at a rally at 2 p.m. In addition, there will be an elevator from the crime scene at Kurt-Schuhmacher-Platz to the market square in Hanau. The organizers expect around 3000 participants.

Attack in Hanau: further demonstration on Sunday

+++ 18:42 clock: The police and the organizers of the demonstration against agitation and contempt for human beings in Hanau counted about 6000 participants at the demonstration and rally. Three days after the terrorist attack, both the grief and the anger show up among the demonstrators. "We are in deep grief and we are angry," said Newroz Duman, spokeswoman for the alliance "Solidarity instead of division".

Attack in Hanau: thousands demonstrate in the city center

During the colorful parade through the city center of Hanau, the demonstrators carried posters with inscriptions such as "Must be killed first so that you are outraged?", "Human rights instead of right-wing people" or "Racism is not an opinion but a crime". Again and again participants showed the pictures of the still young victims. According to the police, the demonstration went peacefully.

+++ 16:14 clock: The police in Hanau meanwhile counts around 3000 demonstrators who demonstrate against agitation and contempt for human beings. Green politician Cem Özdemir visited Hanau to lay a wreath for the victims of the attack. It was difficult to find words, he said at Hanauer Heumarkt, where the assassin shot some of the victims. "There must be no more new deeds!"

Attack in shisha bars in Hanau: rumors circulate on the Internet

Meanwhile, speculations and theories about the crime scene from various sources are circulating on the Internet. As the Hesse State Criminal Police Office announced, there is currently no reason to assume any further acute danger in this connection.

There is increasing speculation about the crime scene in #Hanau.
From our point of view, there is no reason to assume another danger!
We meticulously follow up on all information.
PLEASE: Check the sources and do not share such speculations!

Info: https://t.co/3cheorjEVt pic.twitter.com/upkbw38Kd5

All information about the crime would be meticulously investigated as part of the joint investigation by the Hessian State Criminal Police Office (HLKA) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) under the direction of the Federal Attorney General (GBA). The HLKA asks "to critically examine any speculation by unsecured sources and under no circumstances to disseminate it unfiltered".

+++ 15.36 clock: After the attack in Hanau with eleven dead, the Greens in the Bundestag are pressing for a quick action plan against right-wing extremism in Germany. The emergency measures should include a crisis team, a racism officer and stricter gun laws. Green leader Robert Habeck told the "Passauer Neue Presse" that the AfD should be observed as a suspected case by the constitutional protection.

Meanwhile, hundreds of people, including relatives of the victims, demonstrate in Hanau against agitation and contempt for human beings.

Attack in shisha bars in Hanau: hundreds of people demonstrate

+++ 22.02.2020, 12.45 p.m .: Today on Saturday (22.02.2020) at 2 p.m. there will be a big demo against contempt for human beings. The demo starts at Freiheitsplatz in Hanau's city center and goes to the two crime scenes at Heumarkt and in the Kesselstadt district. The organizers "Solidarity instead of division" expect about 2000 participants.

In the afternoon at 4:00 p.m. a private organizer is also planning a rally on the central market square in Hanau. This is how the victim of the right-wing extremist terror attack should be thought.

As the city of Hanau reports, a funeral march will also be held in Hanau on Sunday (February 23, 2020). The “Together Against Terror and Racism” initiative calls for a meeting at 2 pm on Kurt-Schumacher-Platz and from there to move together to the market square. There will then be a final rally, in which Mayor Claus Kaminsky will also take part.

After the Hanau attack: People commemorate the victims of the terrorist attack

+++ 19:51: Even on Friday (February 21, 2020), almost two days after the racist attack in Hanau (Hesse) , many people thought of the victims again. A Hanau alliance has called for honest solidarity and standing up against racism after the terrorist attack . "Hanau is the city of migration," said Newroz Duman of the alliance "Solidarity instead of division" at a rally with 600 participants in one of the crime scenes of the attack. "The fact that an act like this happened in this city makes us incredibly angry, incredibly sad."

In the afternoon, around 200 citizens formed a human chain at the Brothers Grimm Memorial on Friday afternoon at the market square in Hanau (Hesse). The Hamburg filmmaker and activist Grigorij Richters called for the vigil under the hashtag #WirsindHanau. Criticism was also expressed *, also at the memorial event on the market square the previous evening.

An initiative alliance is also calling for a major demonstration against right-wing terrorism and racism in response to the terrorist attack on Wednesday evening on Saturday (22.02.2020) at 2 p.m. Relatives of the victims should speak at the rally at Freiheitsplatz in downtown Hanau (Hesse). The event was initiated by the alliance "Solidarity instead of division".

In #Hanau, the shock after the attack is particularly great, many people commemorate the dead from their ranks, gather in the market place, hold hands. They show solidarity - with the Muslims who feel increasingly insecure in this country. pic.twitter.com/scuIEjpJj0

Hanau: Assassins sent confessional letters as early as November

+++ 16:57: After the attack in Hanau (Hesse) , there were reports yesterday that the assassin, Tobias R., had already sent parts of his letter of confession to the Federal Prosecutor in November 2019. Attorney General Peter Frank, who took over the investigation on Thursday night on suspicion of right-wing terrorism, has now confirmed this. He said that at the time his authority received an advertisement from the man, reports the website "t-online.de".

However, the November letter did not contain any right-wing extremist or racist statements, and no investigation was initiated because of the letter, the Attorney General said. According to the website "t-online.de" is the letter of the perpetrator from Hanau. They rate the content differently: in the document dated November 6th, Tobias R. describes his delusions and his racist aversion to people of different origins in great detail. The Federal Prosecutor's Office has not yet responded to this presentation.

Attack in Hanau: two victims were shot in their cars

+++ 16.22 clock: During the attack in Hanau (Hessen) Tobias R. is said to have shot two of the fatalities in their cars while driving through the city. Officials said on Friday in a conference call to members of the Bundestag's interior committee, participants reported.

+++ 15.31 PM: Assassin Tobias R. has not spoken to anyone about his plans after the initial investigation into the attack in Hanau * (Hessen) according to the current state of knowledge. So far, there is no evidence that the 43-year-old had previously "spoken to other people or asked for support," said Attorney General Peter Frank on Friday (February 21, 2020). The terrorist attack killed 11 people, including the perpetrator's mother. He then shot himself.

Attack in Hanau in two shisha bars: Tobias R. perpetrator suffered from "severe psychotic illness"

+++ 12.22 PM: After the attack in Hanau (Hesse) in two shisha bars , the investigators assume that Tobias R. was suffering from a "serious psychotic illness". This was announced by Holger Münch, President of the Federal Criminal Police Office, on the terror in Hesse.

An overview of the events: Hanau - After the attack in Hanau ( Hesse ), the city is in shock. Even on the second day after the shots in two shisha bars in the city center and in the Kesselstadt district, the stunnedness was great. Tobias R. is said to have shot ten people in total. Most of the victims had a migration background.

Terror in Hanau: Attack in shisha bars has a right-wing extremist background

The terror in Hanau ( Hesse ) has a right-wing extremist background *. Tobias R. has published “a kind of manifesto” on his website which, in addition to “confused thoughts” and “abstruse conspiracy theories”, above all has a “deeply racist outlook”. This was announced by Attorney General Peter Frank. He has taken over the investigation.

In connection with the events in #Hanau, @GBA_b_BGH commissioned the #BKA with the investigation.
The #investigations are carried out in close cooperation with @LKA_Hessen. Further information in the press release of the Federal Prosecutor's Office: https://t.co/hCwehkcsPv pic.twitter.com/XaO9xHshac

The attack in Hanau (Hesse) occurred on Wednesday evening (February 19, 2020) at around 10 p.m. Tobias R. fired the first shots in the city center. The crime scene was the hookah bar "Midnight". There he killed three people. He then drove to the Arena Sports Bar, a shisha bar in the Kesselstadt district. There he also did a bloodbath and killed six people.

Later that night the police found Tobias R. dead in his apartment in Hanau. There, the investigators also discovered a second body, which was the perpetrator's mother. Tobias R.'s father remains unharmed.

Attack in Hanau: Terror has caused great consternation worldwide

The terror in Hanau (Hessen) with the shots in shisha bars has caused great consternation worldwide. A pregnant woman is said to have been among the victims. We report on the new developments in a live ticker. All events from the first 24 hours after the attack in Hanau can be found in our news ticker.

By Christian Weihrauch

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