Also on Sunday there is a demonstration in memory of the victims in Hanau. Mayor Kaminsky takes stock of the weekend on Sunday.
- Terror in Hanau: attack in shisha bars - eleven dead
- Another demonstration in Hanau on Sunday
- Mayor Kaminsky takes stock
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+++ 17:21: "Almost 20,000 people in Hanau alone have shown a sign of cohesion at funeral marches, rallies and vigils in the past few days," Mayor Claus Kaminsky takes stock of the past weekend. Thousands of people took to the streets after the terrorist attack in Hanau.
"The city society has impressively documented their solidarity and sympathy," continued the OB. All the meetings had been reasonably peaceful, according to the tragic occasion. In this context, Kaminsky explicitly disagrees with the assassination attempt as a xenophobic act. “The victims were not strangers. They were part of our city society.
Attack in Hanau: Mayor Kaminsky takes stock of the demos
+++ 16.25 PM: After the right-wing terrorist murders in a shisha bar in Hanau, the Hessian AfD member of parliament, Rainer Rahn, caused outrage with statements about shisha bars. The Hessian Greens faction deputy Marcus Bocklet told the Frankfurter Rundschau: “Such a statement signals understanding for taking action against visitors. It is intellectual arson. "
Attack in Hanau: The Greens faction deputy calls AfD intellectual arsonists
The words showed that AfD politicians were "intellectual pioneers of such acts". The SPD parliamentary managing director, Günter Rudolph, expressed similar comments in FR. He described such statements as a "breeding ground" for violence and added: "This shows that the AfD already bears part of the responsibility for such terrorist attacks."
Rahn was quoted in the "FAZ" as saying: "Shisha bars are places that many displease, including me. If someone is constantly disturbed by such a facility, it could somehow contribute to such an act. ”
+++ 15.10 PM: After the Hanau murder attack, thousands of people across the country demonstrated against racism and right-wing extremism at the weekend. According to the police, around 10,000 people took part in a rally and a funeral procession from one of the two crime scenes to the market square in Hanau, southern Hesse, on Sunday afternoon.
The initiative called Hanauer Vereine. Already on Saturday there was a rally in Hanau with more than 6,000 people according to police, to which a broad alliance of different groups had called. The city of Hanau is planning a central funeral service for the victims, which is to be prepared with the relatives and the federal and state authorities. Mayor Claus Kaminsky (SPD) convened a special session of the Round Table of Religions for Monday.
+++ 1:29 p.m .: After the Hessian State Criminal Police Office warned on Saturday (22.02.2020) against the dissemination of false information, the Mayor of Hanau , Claus Kaminsky, joined the warnings.
Attack in Hanau: Danger of spreading on social media
As an example of this, he cites a video on social networks that reported an alleged Nazi march in Wolfgang a few hours after the vigil on Thursday evening. Counter demonstrations were immediately called up online. In fact, the video showed a train of anti-fascist demonstrators on Leipziger Straße, which was accompanied by the police.
In addition, a large number of voice messages from alleged eyewitnesses are circulating, especially on Twitter, but definitely contain incorrect information about the crime. Even Kaminsky himself was suspected of having received a script from the BILD newspaper for the telephone interview during the night. "Of course that's complete nonsense," said Kaminsky.
Attack in Hanau: Kaminsky warns of circulating false information
+++ 11:58: The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has put an information portal online after the allegedly racially motivated attack in Hanau . In order to fully clarify the fact, witnesses were asked to upload videos and photos to the portal. In addition, information could be given by phone on a free number, the authority said on its website on Sunday.
Attack in Hanau: demonstration for victims
+++ 23.02.2020, 8.40 a.m .: Four days after the allegedly racist attack in Hanau , an alliance is planning another demonstration for the victims on Sunday. The Hanauer Vereine initiative wants to commemorate a rally (2:00 p.m.) and an elevator from the Kurt-Schumacher-Platz crime scene to the marketplace of the fatalities. The organizers expect around 3000 participants.
Already on Saturday, around 6000 people had thought on a train through the city of the victims. The Green Member of the Bundestag, Cem Özdemir, had laid a wreath together with representatives of the Kurdish community in Germany.
+++ 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
- ZDF today (@ZDFheute) February 21, 2020Hanau: Assassins sent confessional letters as early as November
+++ 16.57 PM: After the attack in Hanau (Hesse) , there were reports yesterday that the assassin by, 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 had 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. Authorities representatives said in a conference call on Friday members of the interior committee of the Bundestag, as participants reported.
+++ 15.31 PM: After initial investigations into the attack in Hanau * (Hessen), assassin Tobias R. did not speak to anyone about his plans based on 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. suffered 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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