discourse focuses very much on fear and people react to this and i think we re 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 i m 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 ci
reiterate for our viewers at least 10 people dead in the town of her now here in germany if you re just joining us now at the top of the hour german chancellor angela merkel has described today as a sad day for germany she also condemned what she called to the poison of hatred in german society have a listen. to early to say what the background it s off this incident. and i was able to shed light on what happened and we understand the full perpetrator how. far right motives xenophobe motives. people if. you. will immigrating to make sure that hate is a poison that exists in our society. and we have team coverage of this incident we begin here in the studio with our correspondent hans from we will also go to the fields where our reporters just setting up right now hans what more do we know at this hour. well maybe we should just reconstruct a little bit exactly what happened last night the 1st shots were fired at around 10 o clock last night in the city of hama which is not fa
along with his 72 year old mother were later found dead in his home. police are searching the property and seizing items of interest as part of their investigation . over the fence so we looked out of the window and saw a lot of police offices with boards around 25 to 3020 because. and dogs and they were running around. since. the attack comes amid growing concerns about far right violence in germany investigations are ongoing. investigations are ongoing and there s a lot of soul searching going on in this country right now at this moment the city to the crime scene and i m aware did of you correspondence are susie is standing by with me in the studio is as always our. chief political editor here with me who s going to give us some more analysis but 1st want to go to the crime scene where art is art i see that law enforcement is putting up a screen behind you this is very much still an active crime scene. that s right i mean the investigation is ongoing the forensic investiga
sure the deep pain fell today by the people of ha now over the brutal attacks of so many of our fellow citizens. only lock thank you so much for your company everyone well we begin this broadcast with a community in germany reeling from the deaths of 10 people in a terror attack a suspected far right extremist with a gun walked into 2 shisha bars in the town of hanno near frankfurt he targeted people of color and shot them execution style the suspect was a 43 year old german who national police have now identified as toby s. are he said to have later killed himself and his mother in their apartment. the morning after. residents woke up to speculation that far right extremists a motivated attacks in the neighborhood the severity of the incident is being felt fabi on the city strong condemnation from the german chancellor. racism is a poison hate is a poison and this points and exists in our society and is responsible for far too many crimes. at 10 o clock last night local time
racism that is being strongly led by the chancellor and also by most of the german political establishment sort of feel supported secure. fizzles a misuse of shit was a horrible right wing radical terrorist attack that took place in germany which must be condemned in the strongest possible terms and it also shows us that it is important that we continue to fight against all forms of radical thought in europe woods on kids. this comes as far right parties are surging in many european countries while germany mourns the latest victims of extremist attacks. in the example of how hate crimes are not just isolated only occurred in germany it is across europe and man for instance has been arrested after stabbing a worshipper in his seventy s at a central london mosque police say the victim was taken to a hospital where his injuries are not life threatening a stabbing occurred during afternoon prayers at one of the city s biggest mosques authorities are not treating the incident as t