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Hanau shooting: Eight dead after two attacks in Germany | Hanau shooting: Eight dead after two attacks in Germany |
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Eight people are dead following two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau. | Eight people are dead following two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau. |
At least five people were injured after a gunman opened fire at 22:00 local time (21:00 GMT), police told the BBC. | |
The regional police force tweeted at 05:03 local time that the suspect was found dead at his home, and that there appeared to be no other perpetrators. | |
The first shooting was at a bar in the city centre, while the second was in Hanau's Kesselstadt neighbourhood. | |
They sparked a seven-hour manhunt, while officers searched for what they thought could have been multiple gunmen. | |
The suspect killed three people at the first shisha bar, Midnight, before driving to the Arena Bar & Cafe and shooting dead another five victims, regional broadcaster Hessenschau reported. | |
The motive for the attack remains unclear, and the police investigation is ongoing. | |
Can-Luca Frisenna, who works at a kiosk at the scene of one of the shootings, said his father and brother were in the area when the attack took place. | |
"It's like being in a film, it's like a bad joke, that someone is playing a joke on us," he told Reuters. "I can't grasp yet everything that has happened. My colleagues, all my colleagues, they are like my family - they can't understand it either." | |
Hanau, in the state of Hessen, is about 25km (15 miles) east of Frankfurt. | Hanau, in the state of Hessen, is about 25km (15 miles) east of Frankfurt. |
This attack comes four days after another shooting in Berlin, near a Turkish comedy show at the Tempodrom concert venue, which killed one person. |