The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Munich shooter could have killed more but didn't: police The teenage gunman who murdered nine people before taking his own life in Munich in July had the chance to kill several more people but chose not to, police have revealed. https://www.thelocal.de/20160817/munich-shooter-couldve-killed-more-but-didnt-police Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:06:43 +0200 munich-shooter-couldve-killed-more-but-didnt-police Munich gunman was far-right racist: media reports According to research by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung the Munich gunman was proud to have been born on the same day as Hitler and hated Turks and Arabs. https://www.thelocal.de/20160727/munich-gunman-was-far-right-racist-media-reports Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:03:51 +0200 munich-gunman-was-far-right-racist-media-reports Munich gunman planned attacks for one year: officials The teenage gunman who killed nine people in Munich on Friday had been planning his attack for a year, according to German authorities. https://www.thelocal.de/20160724/munich-gunman-planned-attacks-for-one-year-bavarian-state-official Sun, 24 Jul 2016 16:59:29 +0200 munich-gunman-planned-attacks-for-one-year-bavarian-state-official Munich pulls together after shopping mall shooting In the chaos after the Munich mall shooting, city residents spontaneously offered shelter to strangers - a move that Chancellor Angela Merkel said showed that Germany's strength lies in its values. https://www.thelocal.de/20160723/munich-pulls-together-after-shopping-mall-shooting Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:40:17 +0200 munich-pulls-together-after-shopping-mall-shooting Munich gunman was likely not Isis terrorist: police According to initial investigations by Munich police, the young man who went on a shooting rampage in Munich on Friday evening was a lone gunman without motive, not a terrorist. https://www.thelocal.de/20160723/munich-gunman-was-not-isis-terrorist-police Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:30:41 +0200 munich-gunman-was-not-isis-terrorist-police Nine dead in shooting rampage in Munich Nine people are dead after "at least one person" went on a shooting spree in a Munich shopping centre on Friday evening. An attacker is believed to be among the dead. https://www.thelocal.de/20160722/shots-fores-at-munich-shopping-centre Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:31:31 +0200 shots-fores-at-munich-shopping-centre Viernheim hostage-taker wasn't carrying lethal weapon The 19-year-old German man who took over a dozen people hostage in a cinema in western Germany on Thursday was carrying replica weapons, prosecutors have confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20160624/viernheim-hostage-taker-wasnt-carrying-lethal-weapon Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:55:35 +0200 viernheim-hostage-taker-wasnt-carrying-lethal-weapon Cyclist gunned down in Hamburg in broad daylight Police are hunting a man who shot and killed a cyclist in the Bergedorf neighbourhood of Hamburg on Sunday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.de/20160606/cyclist-gunned-down-in-hamburg-in-broad-daylight Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:18:58 +0200 cyclist-gunned-down-in-hamburg-in-broad-daylight Bavarian mechanics stop gunman mid-rampage UPDATE: Bavarian officials said on Friday afternoon that they could confirm two people were shot by a gunman in the Ansbach district of Middle Franconia (northern Bavaria) in what appears to have been a random rampage. https://www.thelocal.de/20150710/breaking-armed-man-kills-several-in-north-bavaria Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:44:37 +0200 breaking-armed-man-kills-several-in-north-bavaria