Published on: Saturday, February 20, 2021
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Demonstrators from different organisations take part in a rally to commemorate the victims of the 2020 Hanau shooting in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany.
BERLIN: Germany on Friday marks a year since nine people were killed in a racist shooting in the city of Hanau, an assault that has fuelled fears of far-right terror in the country.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will lead a commemorative event gathering 50 people, scaled down due to Covid-19 restrictions, in Hanau’s Congress Park.
Businesses, schools and religious organisations in the city are also expected to hold their own commemorations.
Germany Seeks Answers A Year After Deadly Racist Shooting By Femke COLBORNE
02/19/21 AT 12:54 PM
A year after nine people were killed in a racist shooting in the German city of Hanau, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday urged all Germans to unite against far-right extremism. Has the sadness gone? Has the pain subsided, the anger gone? Have all questions been answered? No. Absolutely not, Steinmeier told around 50 people gathered at an event in Hanau s Congress Park, scaled down due to Covid-19 restrictions. But as federal president I ask you: Let us not allow this evil act to divide us, he said.
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