The investigators expect to see a xenophobic attack After a man drove his car deliberately in groups of people in the cities of Bottrop and Essen, police are looking for now, according to witnesses and answers.
After a 50-year-old German in the new year’s eve night out that allegedly xenophobic motives several times is selectively driven in crowds in the cities of Bottrop and Essen, to run the investigation of the backgrounds. The case had to be taken “very seriously,” said the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of the interior, Herbert Reul. The driver had to kill Reul, according to the “clear intention of foreigners”.
for the competent police headquarters in Münster asked in the evening via Twitter to spread images and Videos of the events on the Internet. All recordings should be uploaded instead, on a special Portal of the Federal criminal police office. All the witnesses were asked to call.
attacks in the cities of Bottrop and Essen
According to the police, the President of Recklinghausen, Friederike Zurhausen, occurred the first attack shortly before midnight of new year’s eve night on a street in Bottrop, Germany, as the alleged perpetrator was heading with his car a pedestrian. This can, however, bring in security.
Shortly after midnight, the 50 was gone-year-old Suspect on a place in the city of Bottrop in a group of people, said Zurhausen. Four people were injured. According to the initial police report, the Syrian and the Afghan government were among them relatives. Among the Victims of Syrian and Afghan nationality, two children, a police spokesman told tagesschau.de.
Auto-attack in the Ruhr area
issues of the day at 23:15, 01.01.2019, Marion Schmickler, WDR
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