On the eve of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, a fatal mass shooting occurred in the western Germany city of Hanau. A far-right extremist, deliberately targeting people from minorities backgrounds, killed ten people before killing himself. It was the deadliest attack in what has become an upsurge in right-wing violence in the country.
"The Berlinale stands for tolerance, respect and hospitality. The festival opposes violence and racism," Rissenbeek said. "Some say the AfD wants a different kind of country," said Müller. "Well that's a country I don't want to live in. We have to stand up and resist." Her comment was a direct reference to recent elections in the eastern German state of Thuringia, where the AfD won more than 20 percent of the vote and some who called for Grütters' centrist Christian Democratic Party to cooperate with the far right.
May I remark that the shooting occurred on February 19, one night prior to the opening.
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