Police officers at the scene outside the Midnight hookah bar, one of two bars that were targeted by a gunman in Hanau, Germany, February 20 2020. Picture: LUKAS SCHULZE/GETTY IMAGESChancellor Angela Merkel condemned the “poison” of racism Thursday after a suspected extremist killed nine people at a shisha bar and a cafe in the German city of Hanau.
“Racism is a poison, hatred is a poison and this poison exists in our society and it is already to blame for far too many crimes,” Merkel said in Berlin. The gunman reportedly rang the doorbell and then shot at people in the smoking section, mass-market daily Bild said. In a 24-page document seen by AFP, the alleged gunman wrote that people from more than two dozen countries, including Turkey and Israel, should be “destroyed”.
Frankfurt's Eintracht football team said it would hold a minute's silence ahead of its Europa League match against RB Salzburg. German police have identified about 60 far-right adherents as “dangerous” individuals capable of carrying out a violent attack.
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