German gunman posted ‘extermination’ manifesto before killing spree

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A German gunman posted a manifesto calling for the destruction of different “races or cultures in our midst” before killing 11 people, including his mother and himself.

German police said 43-year-old Tobias R. shot and killed nine people on Wednesday night, starting his attack at a hookah bar in the city of Hanau before continuing on to several other places. The attacker eventually killed his mother and, lastly, himself, according to the New York Post.

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