Suspected German gunman posted 'deeply racist' manifesto: prosecutor
Flowers and candles are placed near the Midnight Shisha bar after a shooting in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
A German man suspected of killing nine people overnight in a shooting rampage before turning the gun on his mother and himself had posted a manifesto online with conspiracy theories and deeply racist views, the public prosecutor general said.
"On the suspected perpetrator's home page, he had put up video messages and a kind of manifesto that, in addition to obscure thoughts and absurd conspiracy theories, pointed to deeply racist views," Public Prosecutor General Peter Frank told reporters.
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