What is Hanau shootings?
{{Infobox civilian attack |title = 2020 Hanau shootings |partof = [[terrorism in Germany]] |location = [[Hanau]], [[Hesse]], [[Germany]] |date = {{start date|2020|02|19|df=y}} |time = 22:00 [[Central European Time|CET]] |target = [[Foreigner]]s |coordinates = {{coord|50|07|59|N|08|54|48|E|display=inline,title}} |fatalities = 11 (including the [[perpetrator]]) |injuries = 5 |perpetrator = Tobias Rathjen |motive = [[Far-right extremism]], [[xenophobia]] |timezone = [[UTC+01:00]] |weapons = [[Glock 17]] [[9×19mm Parabellum]] [[semi-automatic pistol]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Hanau-Attentäter bestellte Tatwaffe in Onlineshop|url=https://www.rnd.de/politik/hanau-attentater-bestellte-tatwaffe-in-online-shop-VZUELCLZMFAS7FLHVZ5VDXHZUY.html|work=[[RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland]]|date=20 February 2020|access-date=20 February 2020|language=de}}</ref> }} On 19 February 2020, two [[mass shooting]]s occurred, targeting two [[Hookah lounge|shisha bars]] in [[Hanau]], [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. Nine people were murdered and many others seriously wounded. After the attacks, the alleged perpetrator [[matricide|killed his mother]] and committed [[suicide]]. Police believe these attacks to have had a [[Xenophobia|xenophobic]], [[Right wing extremist|right-wing extremist]] motive. [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]] cancelled a planned trip to [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]], [[Saxony-Anhalt]] and expressed her [[condolence]]s to the victims' families.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/19/europe/hanau-germany-shootings-intl/index.html|title=Nine killed at two shisha bars in Germany in suspected far-right attack|author1=Nadine Schmidt |author2=Sheena McKenzie|website=CNN News}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2020 crimes in Europe]] [[Category:2020s in Germany]] [[Category:2020s mass shootings in Europe]] [[Category:February 2020 events]] [[Category:Hanau|Shootings]] [[Category:Mass murder in Germany]] [[Category:Mass murder in 2020]] [[Categor