Mass Shooting in Germany Raises Security Concerns for Berlin Film Festival

A mass shooting in the West German city of Hanau has raised security concerns for the Berlin Film Festival, which kicks off on Thursday. Local media reports late Wednesday indicate that several people are dead following a shooting. Eight people are believed to have been killed while five others are injured. An unknown assailant is [...

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Please consider deleting this article. 1) it feeds right wing rhetoric, labeling what happened a terror attack although we don‘t know anything about the shooter and the motives 2) it happened 340 miles away from Berlin but the article implies an immanent threat in Berlin

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