Tens of thousands of germans have attended vigils for the 9 people murdered by a far right extremist on wednesday. Authorities are treating the shootings in the western town of hanau as a terror attack. Many of those who died were members of the pix many of those who died were members of the citys turkish community, who were at two local smoking cafes. One was romanian. Its believed the gunman then killed his mother, before taking his own life. Our europe correspondent gavin lee is in hanau. The aftermath of what now looks to have been a premeditated racist attack in the quiet german town of hanau, filmed by those watching on in flats above. The suspected gunmans target, to shisha bars, cafes for smoking scented tobacco and popular with germanys turkish and kurdish community. It was around ten oclock when police say the attacker started shooting from outside at those inside the arena bar. By car, drove over a mile and shot inside those at the arena bar. Nine people were killed, five vi
Tens of thousands of germans have attended vigils for the 9 people murdered by a far right extremist on wednesday. Authorities are treating the shootings in the western town of hanau as a terror attack. Many of those who died were members of the citys turkish community, who were at two local smoking cafes. One was romanian. Its believed the gunman then killed his mother, before taking his own life. Our europe correspondent gavin lee is in hanau. The aftermath of what now looks to have been a premeditated racist attack in the quiet german town of hanau, filmed by those watching on in flats above. The suspected gunmans target, to shisha bars, cafes for smoking scented tobacco and popular germanys turkish and kurdish community. Nine people were killed, five victims were of turkish origin. Eyewitnesses have described the panic during the attacks iam i am shocked, people run on the right, on the left. I see much panic. Police say the government, named as 43 year old German National returned
Gradually came round. The man found guilty of murdering the british backpacker Grace Millane in new zealand, has been sentenced to life in prison. And jockeys could face tougher penalties for breaching rules on the use of the whip. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, Anthony Martial scores a crucial away goal for Manchester United at bruges in one of five Europa League ties involving british sides. Good evening. The authorities in germany say theyre treating the killing of nine people in the city of hanau near frankfurt as a terror attack. Prosecutors believe the gunman, named only as tobias r, was motivated by far right racist ideas. His targets late last night were two shisha smoking cafes, popular with people from the citys turkish community. The killer is thought to have shot his own mother, the tenth victim, before taking his own life. Our europe correspondent gavin lee is in hanau for us tonight. The forensic teams continue on one of the cafe is behind me into the night and w
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and also 9am in north korea where we start our programme with a rare insight into one of the most secretive countries on earth. Every year, over 1,000 people flee north korea. We spoke to an unusual pair of defectors one of them was a prison guard who escaped with one of his detainees. The bbc koreans Hyung Eun Kim has their story. Rare pictures smuggled out of north korea. Footage kim jong uns government doesnt want you to see. Troops tend to cornfields, trying to feed the population. More soldiers browse government approved dvds. 0thers patrol the border with china. Its here where most of those who want to escape make the desperate dash for safety. Now two people who made it out want to tell their story. Were on our way to a safe house, where the defectors are being kept. Everything about their movements has to be kept secret for their safety. Thi
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and we start our programme with a rare insight into one of the most secretive countries on earth. Every year, over 1,000 people flee north korea. We spoke to an unusual pair of defectors one of them was a prison guard who escaped with one of his detainees. Bbc koreans Hyung Eun Kim has their story. Rare pictures smuggled out of north korea. Footage kim jong uns government doesnt want you to see. Troops tend to cornfields, trying to feed the population. More soldiers browse government approved dvds. 0thers patrol the border with china. Its here where most of those who want to escape make the desperate dash for safety. Now two people who made it out want to tell their story. Were on our way to a safe house, where the defectors are being kept. Everything about their movements has to be kept secret for their safety. This man was a prison guard at a D