Hanau shootings
The Hanau shootings (German: Anschläge in Hanau) occurred on 19 February 2020, when eleven people were killed and five others wounded in a terrorist shooting spree by a far-right extremist targeting a shisha bar, a bar and a kiosk in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. After the attacks, the gunman returned to his apartment, where he killed his mother and then committed suicide. The massacre was called an act of terrorism by the German Minister of Internal Affairs.
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| Location | Hanau, Hesse, Germany |
| Coordinates | 50°07′59″N 08°54′48″E (first crime scene) |
| Date | 19 February 2020 22:00 (CET) |
| Target | Shisha bar, bar, kiosk |
Attack type | Mass shooting, spree shooting, terrorism, hate crime, mass murder, matricide, murder–suicide |
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| Deaths | 11 (including the perpetrator and his mother) |
| Injured | 5 |
| Perpetrator | Tobias Rathjen |
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