German Chancellor Angela Merkel vows to eradicate racist 'poison' after Hanau shootings

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FRANKFURT (BLOOMBERG) - Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed decisive action to combat racism after 11 people were killed in shootings on Wednesday night (Feb 20) in a town near Frankfurt in what she said appeared to be a right-wing extremist attack by a lone gunman.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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FRANKFURT - Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed decisive action to combat racism after 11 people were killed in shootings on Wednesday night in a town near Frankfurt in what she said appeared to be a right-wing extremist attack by a lone gunman.

Nine were killed at two different bars in Hanau, before the suspected perpetrator and his mother were found dead at a nearby home. The suspect was a 43-year-old German national from Hanau, according to Mr Peter Beuth, interior minister in the regional Hesse government. Bild newspaper identified him as Tobias R.

"At the moment, there is much to indicate that the assailant acted based on right-wing extremist, racist motives, out of hate for people of different descent, different faiths and different appearances," Dr Merkel said. The attack comes at an extremely delicate juncture in German politics, with Dr Merkel's grip on power weakened ahead of her retirement by September 2021 at the latest. She took an accepting stance on refugees at the height of the Syria crisis that has come at a price.

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