German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement in Berlin, Germany, February 20, 2020, after a shooting in Hanau near Frankfurt that left nine people dead. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said there were multiple clues that a suspected gunman in the German city of Hanau had acted out of racism and right-wing extremism, adding that authorities would do everything possible to clarify the background to the attack.
"There are many indications at the moment that the perpetrator acted on right-wing extremist, racist motives, out of hatred towards people of other origins, religion or appearance," Merkel told reporters on Thursday.
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