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| Attack at German cinema leaves 25 injured |
| 2016-06-23 |
| [CNN] An attack at a cinema in Viernheim, Germany, has left at least 25 people injured, German public TV reported Thursday. The suspect entered the cinema, apparently heavily armed, around 3 p.m. local time, authorities said. The attacker has been killed, a state interior minister told a local newspaper, according to Rooters. It's not clear if any of the injured were shot, or were maimed in other ways. Police said they won't release any more details until the operation is over. The cinema is part of a major shopping center, home to more than 100 businesses. The complex hosts 20,000 visitors daily, according to its website. Viernheim is in western Germany, near Frankfurt. Mass shootings are rare in Germany. But in 2002, a gunman shot up a high school in Erfurt, killing 16 people -- 13 staff members, two students and a police officer. In 2009, a gunman dressed in military gear killed 15 people in a rampage that started at a school and spanned two small towns near Stuttgart. While the motive for Thursday's attack remains unclear, police have repeatedly warned that Germany could be a target by ISIS. Germany absorbed more than 1 million refugees last year, and there have been concerns about the possibility of ISIS cells in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 The Local.de (Germany) reports Special forces have shot a man dead who stormed a cinema in western Germany, authorities have confirmed. Security officials say terror is an unlikely motive. Hesse's interior minister Peter Beuth told DPA that the man was shot dead in a struggle with police after he took hostages inside a cinema in Viernheim western Germany on Thursday afternoon. No patrons of the cinema complex were injured and all have been released, Beuth told AFP. Security officials also told DPA that they do not currently suspect that there was a terrorist motive, and that the man was psychologically disturbed. Another police spokeswoman told AFP they were investigating what type of weapon the assailant used, adding that it was possible it fired blanks. This matches closely to the article and link Darth Vader posted below. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-06-23 19:24 |
| #3 There's been some pretty bad reporting coming out of this incident. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2016-06-23 14:58 |
| #2 Doesn't Germany practice Full Body Gun Control??? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-06-23 14:53 |
| #1 Details about the attacker might help narrow down motive. Let's start with was he Aryan or not? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-06-23 14:44 |