A far-right extremist carried out the attacks on two shisha bars in western Germany, killing at least nine people.
Officials are treating the case in the city of Hanau as terrorism, with authorities saying indications point to an anti-foreigner motive.
The man is believed to have been travelling in a car to the Kesselstadt neighbourhood and opened fire at the Arena Bar & Cafe.
The 43-year-old suspect killed himself, police say. He was found dead at his home along with the body of his mother.
Black & brown lives do not matter in Europe. Had the shooting in #Hanau been by a Muslim there would’ve been heightened security alerts, fear spread across cities, headline after headline blaming Islam, raids across neighbourhoods, & lots experts debating the “problem of Islam”.
— Meera Ghani (@MeeraGhani) February 20, 2020
The #Hanau far right extremist is not being reported as what he is a TERRORIST. Why because he’s white and not brown/black?
— Sajda Mughal (@SajdaMughal) February 20, 2020
Victims likely to be muslim.
Where’s the solidarity, marches, changing of social media icons? 🤔 GTFO if I hear he’s got mental health. No, a TERRORIST!
Mohammed Shafiq of the Ramadhan Foundation said, “I strongly condemn the far right terrorist attack In Hanau in which innocent people going about their lives were brutally shot and killed. This Far Right attack against Muslims was an attack against all faiths and communities.
"This terrorism has not come in isolation rather it has been amplified by the anti Muslim rhetoric perpetuated by politician and some elements of the media.
"In the coverage of this Far Right terrorism we can measure the double standards in media coverage, had it been a Muslim terrorist we would have seen blanket coverage but four - five minutes at the top of programmes is not acceptable.
"At a time when Islamophobic figures are given a media platform we should not be surprised by lunatics using guns to kill people.
"When you dehumanise a whole community you get a reaction.
"The Ramadhan Foundation has been consistent against terrorism, we have been on the front line of confronting of the evil cancer and now it requires all of us to confront the far right in the same unity and commitment.
"No more excuses, blaming the victims (Muslims), trying to explain it - call it out simply as terrorism and don’t treat it any different."
The #Hanau attacker has an entire manifesto, where he highlights white supremacist and anti-migrant views.
— Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) February 20, 2020
The word terrorist is not used by the Mail, Times, Sun, Guardian, Telegraph, Independent, BBC or ITV.
If he was Muslim, this would have been called a terrorist attack. https://t.co/6eeEj2etyp pic.twitter.com/Gl7tMLsxHU
Why is media taking so long to call #HanauShooting which has killed 11 people what it really is - A terror act by a far-right terrorist! #Hanau
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) February 20, 2020
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