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February 21, 2020

Germany Mourns Victims of Right-Wing Terror Attacks
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In Germany, thousands of people joined vigils across the country
Thursday, one day after a racist far-right gunman shot and killed 10
people, most of them at a shisha bar and a cafe in the Frankfurt suburb
of Hanau. It was the deadliest in a series of far-right and neo-Nazi
attacks in Germany in recent months. Early press accounts said the
shooter used a high-powered rifle, but German media are now saying the
murder weapon was a 9-millimeter Glock semiautomatic pistol - one of
several firearms the 43-year-old gunman purchased legally online. The
attack prompted calls for Germany to strengthen its gun laws, which
allow civilians to register for a weapons possession card.


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