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whatsapp image 2020 02 20 at 10 23 26 am.jpeg?resize=1200,630 - Manhunt In Germany: Eight Dead In Hanau Shisha Bars While Police Searching For Gunmen Who Attacked Citizens With Bullets In City Near Frankfurt

Manhunt In Germany: Eight Dead In Hanau Shisha Bars While Police Searching For Gunmen Who Attacked Citizens With Bullets In City Near Frankfurt

On Thursday (Feb 20) a major manhunt was underway after at least eight people were killed and several wounded in two shootings at shisha bars in Hanau, Germany.

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The attackers targeted bars in Hanau, about 20 kilometers from Frankfurt, where armed police fanned out quickly and police helicopters wandered the skies in search of those responsible for bloodshed.

Forensic experts outside a shisha bar after a shooting in Hanau near Frankfurt. Eight people were killed in both attacks
Source: Reuters

One suspect, a 26-year-old man, was apprehended for alleged involvement by ‘ other unknown suspects ‘ as armed police launched a major manhunt across the area.

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Emergency service swarmed the area after the shooting. A silver Mercedes covered with rescue blankets was seen in front of a bar in Hanau
Source: Twitter

The very first attack took place about 10 pm on Wednesday at the Midnight bar in the city center, police and media said. Three people have been killed in front of the building with witnesses of hearing a dozen bullets, local media reported.

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Police handcuff a man near the scene of a shooting in Hanau, Germany early on Thursday morning
Source: AP

A gunman allegedly rang the doorbell and shot people in the smoking area killing five people including a woman, adding that the victims were of Kurdish descent.

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Broken glass on the floor after the shooting yesterday. German police say several people were shot to death in the city of Hanau on Wednesday evening
Source: AP

At least five people in the attacks were also seriously injured, reports said.

After the murders, behind a police cordon, a silver Mercedes shrouded in thermal foil blankets with shattered glass behind it could be seen standing outside Midnight bar.

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A Mercedes Benz was left damaged with glass covering the floor as police look on at the crime scene in Hanau last night
Source: Reuters

After the shooting, bullet casings were left dispersed across the road and a man was seen handcuffed which was most probably a suspect.

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A bullet seen on the ground after a drive-by shooting in Hanau near Frankfurt last night. Six people were in a critical condition
Source: Reuters

Forensic experts gathered evidence from the scene in as emergency services mobbed the area whereas two streets were sealed off by heavily armed police where ambulances rushed and a police helicopter kept on hovering over the area.

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Police guard the scene in front of a restaurant in central Hanau after the drive-by shooting
Source: AP

Around thirty police cars had been seen leaving the police station in Hanau and police officers with machine guns were spread across the area and Local mayor Claus Kaminsky said early today “It is a terrible evening. ‘ He urged people not to speculate over the motive”.

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A police officer secures the area around two shisha bars after a shooting in Hanau near Frankfurt, Germany
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MP of the area Katja Leikert  tweeted “On this terrible night in Hanau, I wish the families of those killed a lot of strength and condolences. ‘ She said she was ‘ shocked ‘ by the incident”.

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Forensic experts are seen outside a shisha bar after a shooting in Hanau near Frankfurt
Source: Reuters

In the last few years Germany has been struck by several terrorist attacks, one of which over December 2016 killed 12 people in the center of Berlin.point 237 |

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A deadly anti-Semitic gun-attack in eastern Halle on Yom Kippur’s holy day in October demonstrated the rising threat of neo-Nazi aggression.point 126 | The incident, in which two people were shot dead, was streamed live.point 183 | 1

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Conservative politician Walter Luebcke, a Liberal refugee policy supporter, was fired at his home in June last year.

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Forensic experts working around a damaged car that was covered emergency blankets and left with glass scattered around it after a shooting in Hanau
Source: Reuters

On Friday, police arrested 12 members of an extreme right-wing German party alleged to have been planning’ alarming’ large-scale attacks on mosques identical to those carried out last year in New Zealand.

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These attacks have become a concern for German authorities.

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