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 German Chancellor Angela Merkel sharply condemned a violent rampage in Stuttgart, her spokesman said Monday, calling the brutal attacks against police officers and the looting of shops by hundreds of people "abhorrent". https://www.thelocal.de/20200622/merkel-condemns-stuttgart-rampage-as-abhorrent Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:54:57 +0200 merkel-condemns-stuttgart-rampage-as-abhorrent Calls grew on Monday for the controversial deputy leader of the Alternative for Germany to resign after she mistakenly blamed a car rampage in Münster at the weekend on Angela Merkel’s refugee policy. https://www.thelocal.de/20180409/afd-deputy-leader-under-fire-for-blaming-merkel-for-mnster-attack Mon, 09 Apr 2018 17:11:40 +0200 afd-deputy-leader-under-fire-for-blaming-merkel-for-mnster-attack Two adult boars ran into the town centre of Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, on Friday morning and injured four people, including the manager of a bank which one of them burst into. https://www.thelocal.de/20171020/wild-boars-go-on-rampage-in-north-german-town-injuring-four-people Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:48:40 +0200 wild-boars-go-on-rampage-in-north-german-town-injuring-four-people 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 A special police team has arrested the man believed to have sold a gun via the darknet to the teenager who shot and killed nine people at a shopping centre in Munich in July, local media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20160816/man-who-sold-gun-to-munich-shooter-arrested-in-marburg Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:55:07 +0200 man-who-sold-gun-to-munich-shooter-arrested-in-marburg 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 Human rights groups and legal experts are warning the government to react responsibly to the attacks and rampages which have taken place in Germany in recent days. https://www.thelocal.de/20160727/rights-experts-call-for-calm-after-string-of-violent-attacks Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:46:34 +0200 rights-experts-call-for-calm-after-string-of-violent-attacks Several hundred people remembered the nine victims of Friday’s shooting at a commemoration in Munich on Tuesday, organized by local Turkish Muslims. https://www.thelocal.de/20160726/german-turks-mourn-munich-shooting-victims Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:12:37 +0200 german-turks-mourn-munich-shooting-victims Authorities in Munich believe that a friend of the teenager who murdered nine people at a Munich shopping centre may have known about his plans. https://www.thelocal.de/20160725/police-arrest-friend-of-munich-rampage-gunman Mon, 25 Jul 2016 11:44:33 +0200 police-arrest-friend-of-munich-rampage-gunman 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 Investigators were seeking clues on Sunday into the mind of gunman David Ali Sonboly, the teen author of one of Germany's bloodiest killing sprees. https://www.thelocal.de/20160724/germany-grapples-with-enigma-of-munich-gunman Sun, 24 Jul 2016 15:44:08 +0200 germany-grapples-with-enigma-of-munich-gunman 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 Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday said Munich had suffered a "night of horror" after a shooting spree in the southern German city left nine people dead. https://www.thelocal.de/20160723/merkel-deplores-night-of-horror-in-munich Sat, 23 Jul 2016 17:54:14 +0200 merkel-deplores-night-of-horror-in-munich The lone teenager who shot dead nine people in a gun rampage in Munich was "obsessed" with mass killers such as Norwegian rightwing fanatic Anders Behring Breivik and had no links to the Islamic State group, police said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160723/munich-gunman-inspired-by-rightwing-breivik-not-isis-police Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:47:44 +0200 munich-gunman-inspired-by-rightwing-breivik-not-isis-police Three Turkish citizens were among the nine people killed in Germany's Munich mall shooting, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160723/turks-kosovans-and-greek-among-munch-shooting-victims Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:21:19 +0200 turks-kosovans-and-greek-among-munch-shooting-victims 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 A teenage German-Iranian gunman who killed nine people in a shooting spree at a busy Munich shopping centre and then committed suicide had likely acted alone, German police said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160723/lone-munich-shooter-kills-nine-commits-suicide Sat, 23 Jul 2016 10:41:24 +0200 lone-munich-shooter-kills-nine-commits-suicide German authorities don't believe the young assailant killed on orders from Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20160720/bavaria-axe-attacker-was-not-an-isis-fighter-govt Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:51:42 +0200 bavaria-axe-attacker-was-not-an-isis-fighter-govt A rare crisis hit the town of Schmallenberg near Dortmund on Monday morning when a raging bull escaped from an abattoir, but then jumped through a butcher's shop window where he was shot. https://www.thelocal.de/20140430/bull-escapes-from-abattoir-runs-into-butchers-in-germany Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:59:00 +0200 bull-escapes-from-abattoir-runs-into-butchers-in-germany Two German cinema chains said on Tuesday that they would beef up security at screenings of the latest Batman movie following the deadly shooting rampage during a midnight show in Colorado. https://www.thelocal.de/20120724/43955 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:01:00 +0200 43955