Far right racist murders 9 in Germany, left conspiracy-laden video

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A suspected far-right extremist has killed at least nine people in attacks on two shisha [hookah] bars in a city in western Germany, officials say.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said there were many signs the attacker in Hanau had acted out of racism.

Authorities are examining a video that appears to be from the suspect, posted online days before the attacks, in which he expresses right-wing conspiracy theories. German media say he also left a letter of confession.

Hesse Interior Minister Peter Beuth said authorities were also examining a website attributed to the suspect. "What we know so far is that there is definitely a xenophobic motive. Whether there are claims of responsibility or documents, that's still being investigated," he said.

The suspect was not known to the authorities, Mr Beuth added.

 

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A suspected far-right extremist has killed at least nine people in attacks on two shisha [hookah] bars in a city in western Germany, officials say.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said there were many signs the attacker in Hanau had acted out of racism.

Authorities are examining a video that appears to be from the suspect, posted online days before the attacks, in which he expresses right-wing conspiracy theories. German media say he also left a letter of confession.

Hesse Interior Minister Peter Beuth said authorities were also examining a website attributed to the suspect. "What we know so far is that there is definitely a xenophobic motive. Whether there are claims of responsibility or documents, that's still being investigated," he said.

The suspect was not known to the authorities, Mr Beuth added.

It would be easy to just palm the bloke off as a nutcase, however that doesn't address the root of the problem, that such conspiracy theories are being spread and more and more people believe them to be truth and a shared ideology unites such people and their the modern update of the Nazi ideological line.