A sports stadium in Hanover, Germany, was evacuated Tuesday evening ahead of a scheduled friendly soccer match between the Netherlands and Germany, police said.
"Serious plans for explosions" Led to the evacuation, police tell broadcaster NDR. Ref. CNN
Reports: Gunman injures up to 50 people in German cinema
A gunman wearing a cartridge belt around his shoulder opened fire Thursday in a movie theater in a small town south of Frankfurt in western Germany, according to German media reports. The German newspaper Bild said the gunman fired into the air and sent dozens of screaming theatergoers fleeing from the cinema. Bild said "Several people" have been injured. The Darmstadt Echo reported that from 20 to 50 people were believed injured in the incident. Ref. USAToday.
I want to know who is behind this shooting. Shooting in the air is a bit strange for a terrorist attack, usually they aim for their victims rather than just trying to scare them.
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An ax-wielding suspect who attacked several people on a train in southern Germany has been shot dead by police, according to Lt. Fabian Hench, regional police spokesman.
The assailant, armed with a knife and an ax, was identified as a 17-year-old Afghan living in Ochsenfurt, Bavaria, according to Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann.
Police hunted him down with ground searchers and a helicopter, and he was killed, Hench said.
Four passengers who were attacked are in serious condition, with the total number of wounded unclear, according to the police spokesman. Ref. Source 3t.
At least one shooter was still on the loose after gunfire at a McDonald's in a shopping mall in Munich, Germany, a police spokeswoman said.
"There could be several dead, and one or even several shooters are on the loose," she said.
On Facebook, police said gunfire was reported in multiple locations and that witnesses reported seeing three different people with firearms. No one is in custody.
A separate Munich police operation was underway in the center of the city, a police official said. Ref. CNN.
Is this another one of those ISIS followers again? Europe is sure getting hit, and we aren't either but sadly it from our own. In Europe the hatred against immigrants is going to grow more and more.
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