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Eight Dead in Shootings in Central Germany 8 Killed in Shootings in Central Germany
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BERLIN — Eight people were killed and several others injured after shootings at multiple locations Wednesday night in the central German city of Hanau, east of Frankfurt, the police said. The authorities said they were hunting for multiple suspects, who remain at large.BERLIN — Eight people were killed and several others injured after shootings at multiple locations Wednesday night in the central German city of Hanau, east of Frankfurt, the police said. The authorities said they were hunting for multiple suspects, who remain at large.
The local public broadcaster, Hessischer Rundfunk, reported the suspects opened fire at a hookah bar in the center of the city, killing three people, then drove to a hookah bar in another neighborhood, where they opened fire, killing five. In addition to those killed, several people were injured at each of the locations, the broadcaster said. The local public broadcaster, Hessischer Rundfunk, reported that the suspects opened fire at a hookah bar in the center of the city, killing three people, then drove to a hookah bar in another neighborhood, where they opened fire, killing five. In addition to those killed, several people were injured at each of the locations, the broadcaster said.
Police said they were searching for the suspects, who fled the scene in “a dark car” with helicopters and a large-scale response. They had no immediate information on a motive for the shooting and were asking residents for any tips. “A terrible evening,” Hanau’s mayor, Claus Kaminsky, told the Bild newspaper. “It will certainly occupy us for a long, long time and it will remain in our sad memories.”
Video and images from Hanau, a city of 95,000 about 10 miles east of Frankfurt, showed darkened streets cordoned off with red-and-white tape while police officers gathered in the background. Several ambulances, their emergency lights flashing, lined the streets. Katja Leikert, a member of the German Parliament from Hanau, called the shootings “a real horror scenario for all of us.”
The police said they were using helicopters as part of a large-scale search for the suspects, who fled the scene in “a dark car.” They had no immediate information on a motive for the shooting and were asking residents for any tips.
Video and images from Hanau, a city of 95,000 about 10 miles east of Frankfurt, showed darkened city streets cordoned off with red-and-white tape while police officers gathered in the background. Several ambulances, their emergency lights flashing, lined the streets.
Austin Ramzy and Tiffany May contributed reporting from Hong Kong.