Hanau shootings

Hanau shootings
Part of right-wing terrorism in Europe
Locations involved in the shootings
Location	Hanau, Hesse, Germany
Coordinates	50°07′59″N 08°54′48″E / 50.13306°N 8.91333°E / 50.13306; 8.91333 (first crime scene) 50°07′51″N 08°53′9″E / 50.13083°N 8.88583°E / 50.13083; 8.88583 (second crime scene)
Date	19 February 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-19) 21:55 - 22:00 (CET, UTC+1)
Target	Ethnic minorities
Attack type	Mass shooting, spree shooting, mass murder, domestic terrorism, hate crime, matricide, murder–suicide
Weapon	CZ 75 Shadow 2 SIG Sauer P226
Deaths	11 (including the perpetrator and his mother)
Injured	6 (3 by direct gunshot)
Perpetrator	Tobias Rathjen
Motive	Far-right extremism Racism Xenophobia To bring public attention to his delusions of a "secret service" controlling the world

The Hanau shootings (German: Anschläge in Hanau) occurred on 19 February 2020, when nine people were killed and five others wounded in a terrorist shooting spree by a far-right extremist targeting three bars and a kiosk in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.^[1] After the attacks, the gunman, identified as Tobias Rathjen, returned to his apartment, where he killed his mother and then committed suicide.^[2] The massacre was called an act of terrorism by the German Minister of Internal Affairs.^[3]