German terrorist’s nine victims – including pregnant mother – all had migrant backgrounds and ‘were shot with a Glock 17 pistol he’d bought legally online’, police reveal as they probe whether he had an accomplice

All nine of those killed in a far-right terror attack on two shisha bars in Germany had migrant backgrounds, authorities say, while a number of foreigners are also believed to be among the six wounded. A 35-year-old pregnant mother-of-two was among those shot dead in the town of Hanau on Wednesday night, German newspaper Bild reported, while Turks Gokhan Gultekin and a 22-year-old Ferhat Ünvar – both employees at one of the shisha bars – were also named among the dead. The gunman was named as 43-year-old Tobias Rathjen, a far-right conspiracy theorist who advocated ethnic cleansing in a 24-page manifesto posted online, who opened fire in his hometown starting at 10pm. Rathjen first targeted the Midnight bar and shisha lounge in the town centre and the La Votre cafe next door, before driving 1.5miles up the road where he attacked another shisha lounge – the Arena Bar and Cafe – as well as people sitting in a sports car outside. He is then thought to have fled to his parents’ house just around the corner from the second murder scene where he shot his 72-year-old mother dead in front of his father, then turned the gun on himself. Police discovered… Read full this story

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