German gunman posted ‘extermination’ manifesto before killing spree

By Tim Pearce

Published February 20, 2020 8:11pm ET

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German gunman posted ‘extermination’ manifesto before killing spree — German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement following a shooting in the central German city Hanau, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Several people were killed at locations in when shots were fired in Hanau late Wednesday, with the suspect and another person found dead at his home afterwards.

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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