Discourse focuses very much on fear and people react to this and i think were seeing some some of the side effects of this focus on security and people so this could be a link between militias and actors young st pierre a security expert and counterterrorism adviser joining us there from frankfurt thank you so much. And in the last few minutes the german chancellor Angela Merkel has made a statement on the killings and she condemned what she called the poison of hatred in German Society it is too early to say what the background its off this incident will you are and i was able to shed light on the top and we understand the pope perpetrator how. Far right to motives xenophobia motives. People if. You. May like im not hate is a poison that exists in our society. A reaction there from the top level of German Government the german chancellor Angela Merkel our Political Correspondent joining us now here in the studio on this morning when we know now 11 people are dead in the city of one now a possible terrorist right wing attack here what more do we know hons. Yes we know that the perpetrator was in fact from that city that she was born and grew up there and as the chancellor has been saying it is pretty clear that his motive was. One of right wing extremism he left behind. A statement a written statement of about 25 pages length in german on his personal website in the internet and elsewhere but i believe in which he expressed this Conspiracy Theory that foreigners were trying to take over germany that some kind of Sinister Force was in control of the country and needed to be come back to it and he also left a video online on you tube in english where really addressed himself in pretty good english apparently. To him especially to the United States to americans. And called on them to to fight against these Sinister Forces and to fight against immigrants basically so the motivation was as in a phobic one a racist one i think that is pretty clear and we dont know much about the victims as yet they have been no official statements from. From German Authorities but the turkish president in fact has issued a statement through his spokesperson saying that some of the victims at least were of turkish origin were possibly tooker citizens and he called very vehemently for the German Authorities to find this kind of racism in society and to do Everything Possible for this kind of thing not to happen again and now federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation just tell us 1st of all what does that tell you and 2nd of all what will they now be looking for well germany being a federal state Police Matters are normally matters of federal states in other words in this case the federal state of his so where this happened would have been in charge but the federal prosecutor can take over a case if. It is clear that it has some significance that goes beyond the region where it happens that it has a significance for the german state as a whole and those in in most cases as a terrorism case as cases of terrorism that destabilized German Society as a whole the fact that the German Federal prosecutor has taken over this case is an indication that this attack is regarded as a terrorist attack and we have to say that the investigators in terms of information and so on several hours ahead of us then a lot more than we do because they have been dealing with this since the middle of the night they found these letters of the alleged perpetrator of the videos and so on some time in the early hours of the morning and they have been following possible leads from that for hours so theyre trying to find out where was this man active on the internet and what kind of chat groups was the act of what were his acquaintances in what kind of organizations were they involved with or possibly people who knew about this attack beforehand did he announce it to some of his online friends did some of them help him possibly getting weapons or i mean mission or Something Like that other in other words other people that need to be prosecuted for this attack we dont know whether that is the case we dont know what leads they are following that theyre being very cagey about letting information out about that because they do not want to warn possible other participants or people that possibly knew about this before hand they might be on the tracks of those people could not kind of disappear or wipe out the truck they had stay with us were going to bring in our correspondent now. Who is joining us from now who has been following this story so tell us what are you hearing what are you seeing. Well right now i just witnessed a very bitter discussion between some turkish germans about the situation here and how frustrated they feel about what happened and whats happened in the past the way may happen in the future again regarding these these acts of violence these senseless acts of violence and they said to me one person said to me you know it doesnt matter which government is in power which Political Party is in power its all the same to them and they feel very frustrated and helpless and hurt that some of their own are gone now and they need change they they need to see the German Government really on top of the situation now. And art what have you been seeing there i mean we can see the tape for example behind you perhaps you can just walk us through what the scene has been. Right were at the 1st location of the shooting which is a bar just down the street here and actually the 1st person who supposedly was was shot and unfortunately did not survive the incident was shot in front of that cream colored building over to my right now on the sidewalk and and then the shooting continued down into the bar i was talking about and then finally there was were 2 people so altogether 3 at that point and then finally a 4th person was shot according to reports now at the Street Corner which is also near where the assailants car was parked and then that person supposedly took off to go to the other location and continue his shooting spree and right now with the police tape behind me that areas is is is cordoned off and forensic investigators are in there in the in the in the in the call in that barge sports bar and theyre also combing the sidewalk here theyve gone up the steps of the White Building also behind me because they found some items of interest and every time they find in my an item of interest they have a white marker on over it and also talk lines around it could be cartridges we dont know a gun cartridges is so. Theyre still looking they need to piece together the sequence of events because im not clear if there was one person who saw the whole thing that would be very difficult actually because then that person would have to be following the assailant to go to the other place too but there are witnesses who have seen partial parts of the attack here and perhaps at the other place also and so they need a sequence of events and that might help them also if i have clues about what was going through that persons mind how he was planning its one thing he did do perhaps on purpose was last night was a champions league. Round of soccer very popular here in europe and around the world and. A german team was playing leipsic so they that person had gone into 2 places where they would be showing these games hoping perhaps that there would be a lot of people i think that person may have been surprised that there were only 2 people in that bar when when when when that when that the assailant entered it so. Some fortune and the fact that it wasnt a packed bar apparently the bar was very popular once not so popular now for whatever reason and and so. Not not at the big bloodbath that you would expect if it was a packed bar but still unfortunately we have all these people dead ok art stick with us on you mentioned you know witnesses people who are on the scene we actually have some reaction we want to play that for our viewers and then well discuss. With. It simply unbelievable that Something Like this could happen here and how now if you could see that there are heartless people who could simply shoot at others who arent involved in anything. Even being figured something and thus the he says it was like a massacre. Rampage there was blood everywhere people on the ground. Immediately about 10 pm i came downstairs with my 2 small children. My parents live just around the corner. The 2 men were waiting outside. And i think this attack was delayed 6 or 7 minutes because i walked past with my children. Its a good. Thing that we can do that because like my kids and i were in good spirits. I live 100 meters from here and when i went upstairs i had 567 shots thats what i saw and. Its a good. Use of my friends uncle was shot here behind. At the kiosk and we came here to express our sympathy for a bunch of the delights of. Time i was at st johns is still to serve on the one hand you feel a bit powerless and on the other hand i dont want to call it fear but its Something Like that that you have to be afraid to go out or to go to a bar. Oh so good. A sense of powerlessness offensive fear following these attacks and how now 11 people dead this morning in this apparent right wing terrorist attack me joining us here in the studio our Political Correspondent is that frustration also shared on the National Level is i think it is i think you can say that people who have been speaking on behalf of various Interest Groups as it were in in germany and so there have been spokespeople for turkish people in germany they have been spokespeople for muslim organizations in germany they have been spokespeople for jews in germany all of them have said that they are concerned about the increase of this kind of violence of these kinds of incidents racism attacks on people in the street that sort of thing and that they feel to some extent. Apologise theyre not able to do very much against this and they basically expect the state to protect them against such incidents there is i think a fairly widespread people feeling amongst people with an immigrant background in germany and we have to say these are german citizens very very many of them have an immigrant background but they are german citizens and they have a right to be protected by the german state the german state has reacted recently in recent weeks and months there have been additional policemen that will be employed specifically to look at right wing extremism to look at right wing groups and the authorities have been saying that theyre going to take this a lot more seriously in future incidents like this one certainly motivates the authorities to take these kinds of possibilities more into account than possibly they have been doing in the past at the center i think what youre seeing what is starting already today in these last hours in these hours is a very intense fight on the on the level of politics on the level of the Political Parties. With on the one hand the right wing populist alternative for Germany Party the f. T. And on the other hand more or less all of the Political Parties in germany the f. T. Is regarded as specially by people on the left on the of the political spectrum in germany as a party that has in its statements in its. Racist statements to some extent in its support of folding as ations that fight against migration and so on has been seen as a Political Party that in some sense encourages right wing extremism or certainly makes it more possible to speak in such a manner so theyve been accused of stoking the fire here right on the political level what has been the reaction from the f. T. This morning well the f. T. Reaction has not been a single one you have to differentiate they also between various. Particular people all sectors of the f. T. One of the Party Leaders a woman and. She simply tweeted. A picture of a candle and said. Sent her condolences talked about the terrible mood is that it happened and did not give it a political waiting weighing at at all she didnt give it any political significance the code leader of the party has said that he regards this not as a right wing attack but that he regards the perpetrator simply as somebody who went crazy somebody who was mentally unstable and that the fact that he left all these right wing statements behind is of no significance to him and then there are members of the party who have accused im going to marco of being responsible for these kinds of attacks by saying well shes allowing all the migrants introduced into germany as shes encouraging these kinds of tensions in the country we just heard the german chancellor speak in fact walk us through what she had to say. Well im going to of course 1st of all turned to the families and victims that are still alive that were injured the families of those that got killed and expressed her support and sympathy this in other words the support and sympathy of the german state for those families for those people and then she said that while it was still not totally clear what the motivation between behind these attacks was it seemed pretty clear that there was some sort of racism involved and she called this racism a poison in German Society i think that was the strongest statement she made that this poison of racism in German Society and that includes racism against jews in other words anti semitism that recruits racism against people of color against muslims and so on that that needed to be combative tantrums aside houseplant our Political Correspondent with this analysis you can stick around for us thank you so much. But in meantime were going to get you up to date with some other stories making news around the world u. S. President donald trump has named his countrys ambassador to germany Richard Grinnell to the acting director of National Intelligence now is a staunch supporter of trumps policies his new position puts him in charge of the nations 17 spy agencies critics say that he has no intelligence experience. At least 1000 people have been killed in a bus crash in Southern India the vehicle collided head on with a truck 23 people were injured the bus was in route to the state of carolina from bangkok. At least 85 people have been rescued from a blazing building in me on mars commercial hub young good in the 12 Story Building in the china town area contains apartments and several stores Safety Standards are considered low in the citys downtown after years of underinvestment. Thousands of women have rallied in argentinas capital buenos sideways calling for a new bill to legalize abortion the protest it comes to years after similar legislation was narrowly defeated in the senate and the pressure from the catholic church. 3 men have been sentenced to jail for stealing a 100 kilo gold coin worth almost 4000000 euros from a new z m in berlin they stole the coin from the citys botha museum and 27 team a 4th suspect was released. It was a heist fit for hollywood on a dark and foggy night 3 masked thieves climbed from an elevated railway line through the window of the Border Museum they smashed a showcase with an axe and hauled off the worlds biggest gold coin via the same train tracks and using 1st a wheelbarrow then a car 100 kilograms of pure gold worth almost 4000000 euros what but the slings very few of. The gold as long. Well never see it again. It was quite an impressive feat. Using the railway line to access the window. And drop the coin back then. Then dropping it down to ground level and picking it up with a car. Form. It was all very well planned. To do when ralph going back and heard about the robbery he immediately suspected lebanese clans himself is from lebanon and he knows the mill you in his book he talked about the clans greed and received threats for that he said these criminal networks are typically involved in robberies illegal real estate deals the drug trade and the illegal trade in gold. Fascinated by gold and jewelry and they have a lot of influence within the gold and jewelry trade and so on. Thats what these were the 1st businesses they blackmailed and brought under control back in the early 1990 s. So they already have an infrastructure for taking gold at the country albeit in little pieces. To sell their stolen gold the teams can rely on a trusted route which gone down believes run through Eastern Europe these are. These Smuggling Networks mainly run through Eastern European countries. Countries where there is a lot of corruption and very little checking. On. The coin the gold probably went along this route. The. School took. These and go before the accused have never broken their silence says this is also typical for clan members state prosecutors saying they have no doubt that they are guilty but the gold coin has disappeared without a trace. 2 elderly passengers from a cruise ship in japan have died after being infected with the coronavirus japanese government is facing mounting criticism for its apparent failure to contain the virus after keeping the passengers of the diamond princess in quarantine for 2 weeks it seems that effort to stop the spread of the covert 1000 virus failed. Cruise ships have long been described as floating petri dishes on board the diamond princess the moniker is a grim reality. Over 600. 00 people current tamed on the luxury liner annoying to have contracted the new coronavirus. Now 2 elderly passengers have died the man and woman were japanese citizens in their eightys. Passengers on wednesday began leaving the ship after a 2 week quarantine period it appears to have done little to stop the disease from spreading pretty predictable here i was so afraid every time they made announcements about infections that there was so many of them. I wondered if wed be next but. When the ship arrived in yokohama only 10 passengers tested positive for the virus. Following the 14 day koren team period several countries have begun evacuating the citizens from the ship with others set to fall or search on thursday more than 100 former passengers returned home to hong kong on a chartered flight. The arrivals were headed for another 2 weeks of quarantine. Meanwhile more than 100. 00. 5 to darwin airport they 2 were headed straight back into quarantine those infected with the virus remain in hospitals in japan for the passengers and crew who remain on board the diamond princess the ordeal continues. Campaigning has ended in iran ahead of a parliamentary election on friday it will be the 1st such poll since the u. S. Withdrew from the International Nuclear deal and imposed sanctions on the country as a result of the measures many iranians are suffering severe Economic Hardship opposition figures are also calling for a boycott of the election saying that it does not give people a real choice. Reports from tehran. To go out. Of business is slow and life has become more difficult even here. In district with many wealthy president s few people here think much will change after fridays election yet. People want lots of different changes but nothing ever happens systematic concede ground and start caring about the people. Doing various will be able to survive for another 40 years. If you look just. To pictures you can use an eggplant now cost 10000. 00 to man voting really make a difference. I dont expect anything nothing from the parliament and nothing from the president if they really represented the people they would have long since done something but all they do is talk names and. Skepticism is a problem for the reformist candidates close to president rouhani their promise of increased prosperity by working with the west is one they havent been able to keep many have been disqualified by the Guardian Council from even running and those who have know that chances are. The mood in the opposing Campaign Office couldnt be more different hardliners like say at Mohamed Hussein he feels their time has come and they want to win back parliament in taliban to give. It time to end the cooperation with the west to stop trusting western countries. People are turning towards candidates who support the values of islam and revolution here was hard working people who believe our region must share resistance sunny hostin limbaugh matters. Resistance to the west the Islamic Republic sounding noticed seems to be enjoying a comeback at the moment but analysts say that recent tensions with the u. S. Irans arch enemy 6 play up. When you have so much pressure from abroad people tend to be more conservative. You have what happened to a Major General officially it was announced that he was assassinated sapir which tend to feel that this is a major security issue for iran and right now we have to be tough to keep the integrity of the country. Could go to apathy is strong even in the traditionally conservative stronghold to run. For the money i get i would either cut off my arms and legs then go out and vote there are no real elections here in iran just appointments the Guardian Council in other words common i makes all the decisions these candidates are stooges they wont achieve anything. The hardliners may well emerge victorious in this election with no Voter Participation could also be interpret it as a vote of no confidence. Lets get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world u. S. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg came under attack at his 1st democratic president ial debate on wednesday night other candidates blasted the billionaire over allegations of sexism and his record on race bloomberg argued that he was the democrats best chance of beating donald trump and obama. Portugals parliament is holding a debate on whether to legalize euthanasia and doctor assisted suicide because the church right wing groups and portugals medical association oppose the proposal a similar bill to allow you to nature recently cleared its 1st parliamentary hurdle in neighboring spain. The Berlin Film Festival or berlin gets underway in just a few hours this year there has been some changes behind the scenes its also the 70th anniversary of the festival debuts Cristina Kirchner explains whats different this year and she takes a look at some of the films competing for the coveted golden bear. Waiting in the same long lines for Film Festival fans but something theyre all too used to still this year spell in ali will be unlike any other. As the festival celebrates its 70000 euros 3 its also under new management carlos shuttle your aunt mary address and back have taken over and theyve already started to leave their mark on the belly knowledge of the 2 new directors have brought some changes to the festival. Including a slim down lineup and up brand new film category. Why because cinema is bigger the comes bigger and bigger is more pervasive is everywhere 3 maker they stretch the sense of the form so i think that. One single screen. Very good one like the one of the 1000000000. 00 not enough to tell these they versity 18 firms are competing for their golden bear the festivals biggest price many of them deal with provoking subjects. For. Bellina alexanderplatz bible one called bonnie is a remake by stone the 929 novel by alfred. In the new version francis a refugee attempts to start a new life in the german capital thats the current africa south was he has to reconcile himself with reality as a stream of a clear way forward unravel it will be called the word this person. Was sally potus from the roads not taken doesnt make life much easier for shut out father neo geo ok. Start with al fanning and santa how york. Times has a. Daughter molly is worried about her father whose hallucinations and wandering mind have taken up toll on their relationship. Thank you. And another subject has overshadowed this years spending on the nazis a german reporter just uncovered a scandal on home turf the Film Festival inferential 1st director alfred bauer was a Leading Light in cinema in the street festival organizers want independent researchers to find out the historic facts this year the worlds biggest festival for cinema go us has plenty of surprises something friends can count on is cinema royalty and the flash of cameras on the red carpet as the berlin wall is celebrating its 70th anniversary a lot has started to move shining a light on the past of the festival is as important as figuring out its future development the new management is addressing these challenges a new departure for the balance and every respect. Recapping our top story for you now a suspected far right terrorist has shocked at least 10 people near frankfurt here in germany the suspect opened fire at 2 bars in the town of hog now he said he is said to have had later killed himself and his mother in their apartment many of the people that he shot dead were of foreign descent the suspect a 43 year old German National left a letter admitting to the killings he also posted