German Carnival floats take aim at racism after deadly far-right attack

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Carnival revellers crowd at the roadside and watch a float depicting a racist with a gun coming out of his mouth reading 'racism' and on his cheek 'turn words into action' during the Rose Monday carnival street parade, in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on Feb. 24, 2020.

Last Wednesday, a 43-year-old German man who had posted a racist screed online advocating genocide gunned down nine people of foreign background in the Frankfurt suburb of Hanau, before apparently killing himself and his mother.It was the latest in a string of far-right attacks in Germany and many have pointed the finger at the Alternative for Germany party, suggesting its nationalist anti-migrant rhetoric has helped create the climate for violence.

In Cologne, a sombre float depicted a weeping Carnival jester holding a heart with the slogan “our heart beats for Hanau.”

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