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Hanau shootings
Feb 2020 terrorist attacks in Hanau, Hesse, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hanau shootings (German: Anschläge in Hanau) occurred on 19 February 2020, when nine people were killed and five others wounded in a terrorist shooting spree by a far-right extremist targeting three bars and a kiosk in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.[1] After the attacks, the gunman, identified as Tobias Rathjen, returned to his apartment, where he killed his mother and then committed suicide.[2] The massacre was called an act of terrorism by the German Minister of Internal Affairs.[3]
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Location | Hanau, Hesse, Germany |
Coordinates | 50°07′59″N 08°54′48″E (first crime scene) 50°07′51″N 08°53′9″E (second crime scene) |
Date | 19 February 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-19) 21:55 - 22:00 (CET, UTC+1) |
Target | Ethnic minorities |
Attack type | Mass shooting, spree shooting, mass murder, domestic terrorism, hate crime, matricide, murder–suicide |
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Deaths | 11 (including the perpetrator and his mother) |
Injured | 6 (3 by direct gunshot) |
Perpetrator | Tobias Rathjen |
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