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Vigils across Germany after Hanau shooting

  • Solidaritätsbekundung nach Schießerei in Hanau: Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Getty Images/AFP/O. Andersen)

    German president joins mourners

    German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (right) and his wife Elke Büdenbender, along with Hesse State Premier Volker Bouffier, laid wreaths near one the crime scenes in Hanau.

  • Hanau | Vigil (Getty Images/AFP/P. Hertzog)

    Vigil in Hanau

    People in Hanau hold up photos of some of the victims of the shooting. Tobias R. is believed to have shot dead nine people, many of non-German background, after publishing a racist "manifesto" on the internet

  • Berlin | Solidaritätsbekundung nach Schießerei in Hanau (DW/F. Hoffmann)

    Mourning at the Brandenburg Gate

    Hundreds of people gathered at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to light candles for the victims of the Hanau attack.

  • Berlinale 2020 (AFP/T. Schwarz)

    Berlin Film Festival mourns

    Berlinale guests observed a minute's silence at the opening gala on Thursday evening.

  • Stuttgart | (picture-alliance/dpa/S. Gollnow)

    Germany shows solidarity

    People in the southern German city of Stuttgart hold up anti-racism placards, reading "Racism is no alternative" and "Hate is not an opinion." Many believe that the taboo against racism in Germany's political debate has softened in recent years, thanks to the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

  • Munich | Hanau (picture-alliance/dpa/P. Kneffel)

    Mourning in Munich

    A man wears a Turkish flag at the vigil in Munich. Five of the victims of the Hanau attack were of Turkish origin.

  • Hamburg | Hanau (Imago Images/J. Große)

    'Defending solidarity'

    People in central Hamburg hold up a banner reading "defending solidarity".


Dozens of vigils have been organized in towns and cities across Germany after the deadly shooting in Hanau.

  • Date 20.02.2020
  • Author Ben Knight