Peter Frank

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The Investigation of a deadly gun attack in Hanau, Germany, focuses on whether the others knew about or helped with the Organisation, the Federal Prosecutor's office says.

The Suspect shot and killed nine people, the "immigrant" in two hookah bars on Wednesday evening. He and his mother were later found dead in his apartment.

Peter Frank said material of The Suspect , Tobias R wrote online deeply racist way of thinking was"".

He was also influenced said of conspiracy theories, Mr Frank.

in the past, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel , there were many signs, Tobias R, 43, had acted out of racism. to Speak

in Berlin, Mrs Merkel said: "racism is a poison. Hatred is a poison, and this poison exists in our society and That is the blame for many crimes. "

Turkey says at least five of The Dead were Turkish citizens. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he expects Germany to "throw light on All aspects" of The Attack .

Nazi salutes, banned the swastika emblems and also the playing of the Horst Wessel , the one-time Nazi 'Anthem ' - All of them were fighting, appeared in right-wing extremist circles in Germany to contain a growing wave of " home-grown extremism.

The problem was particularly acute in, But not limited to The East of the country, in the former East Germany . There, the unemployment is higher than in the rest of Germany, and a smouldering resentment have been some of the last immigrants and has, manifested in arson attacks on hostels.

In the year 2015 in Germany opened its borders to an estimated 1. 5 million refugees from the Middle East . Although The Number of subsequent incidents with them were very small, their arrival has been by far-right extremists to foment ethnic tensions and recruit Young Men and women to their cause.

What The State has to say lawyer?

Mr. Frank said, six people were also injured in The Attack , one of them seriously.

Shortly after the attacks, The Suspect and his mother in his apartment, shot both also. A gun was found next to The Suspect 's body.

Peter Frank said investigators will try to connect can have had no links with The Suspect , in Germany or even abroad.

"My sympathy for the families of The Victims . I wish the injured a speedy recovery. It is A Day That will live long in our memories and motivate our investigations," said Mr. Frank said at a short press conference.

What do we know about the attacks?

The shooting took place around 22:00 (21:00 GMT) on Wednesday, and The First goal of The Midnight hookah bar in the City Centre of Hanau was. Witnesses reported hearing about a dozen shots.

The suspects drove then with the car to the boiler city neighbourhood, some 2. 5 km (1. 5 miles) away, and opened fire in The Arena Bar & Cafe.

hookah bars are places where people come together to smoke a pipe, known as shisha or hookah. Traditionally, East Asian countries took place in The Middle , They are also popular in many other parts of The World .

The Arena Bar & Café was one of the places targeted

The rotation of a manhunt sparked work. The police identified the bomber by the information provided by witnesses and surveillance cameras. Early on Thursday, The Suspect stormed the home, in the vicinity of The Scene of the second shooting, and found him dead near his 72-year-old mother.

Hanau, Hessen province, a city of 100,000 inhabitants, about 25 km East of Frankfurt.

Who The Victims were?

They included Germans and foreigners between the ages of 21 and 44, the Federal Prosecutor's office said.

Among The Dead were several of The Victims were "of Kurdish origin", of the con-Med, Association of Kurds in Germany, said. He said it was "furious" That The Authorities were not to do more to combat extremism.

Can-Luca Frisenna, whose father and Brother of one of the two bars to run, attacked, told the Reuters news Agency: "I Heard My Father was affected, and my Little Brother . I saw both of them - They were horrified, and cried and everything. So everyone was shocked. "

What do we know about The Suspect ?

Tobias R wrote, videos, and a kind of Manifesto on his website, Mr Frank said.

In the Manifesto, he wrote That people from More Than 20 countries, including Turkey and Israel should be "destroyed," AFP reported.

London-based German counter-terrorism expert Peter Neumann said That the text contained "various, But mostly extreme right-wing views, with a do-it-yourself ideology, assembled from parts found on The Internet ".

The Suspect has been identified as Tobias R

"added to The pattern is clear, and not new," he said.

In her statement, Mrs Merkel said there were "many references to the moment the perpetrator of extreme, racist motives acted right, out of hatred towards people of other origin, religion or appearance".

Hesse Interior Minister Peter Beuth said The Suspect was not previously known to The Authorities .

The German tabloid Bild reported That he had a firearms license, and the ammunition and rifle magazines were found in his car.

gun laws in Germany are among the strictest in The World , and worse, the shootings in the last few years to other mass.

Recent right-wing attacks in Germany what has been the reaction?

Hanau's Lord mayor Claus Kaminsky said it was the "most difficult day in our history". He said The City had seen centuries of peaceful The coexistence between different religions and cultures "why it is so hard to understand".

the Hessian leader Volker Bouffier said That the Parliament had traveled to Hanau, in order to show their solidarity with The Victims and their families. He said The Attack "came out of a climate of" passed "to a certain degree in The World ," in which people are targeted because They are different.

"We will do everything to show That people have no fear, and show them That They belong With Us ," he said.

However, the co-leader of the far-right AfD party, said The Attack was "neither right - nor left-wing terrorism", But the actions of "madmen". Politicians from the rest of the political spectrum, the explicitly anti-Islam and anti-immigration policy of the AfD stir up anti-foreigner hatred of the accused.

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