Correspondent in Berlin
On February 19, 2020, a lonely and racist German, Tobias R., killed nine people in shisha bars in Hanau - Roma and Muslims alike - whom he accused of being unassimilable to this “
pure and superior
”
German people
, including he claimed the role of protector.
After his savage outfit, he returned to his home and turned his weapon against him.
A year later, the country that Tobias Rathjen intended to defend, struggles to assimilate this xenophobic murder, which confirmed, in the most brutal way, the danger of far-right terrorism.
For the second time, the President of the Federal Republic, Frank Walter Steinmeier, gathered on Friday evening at the Congress Center in the city of mourning.
"
These murders are not a coincidence
», Insisted the head of state.
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