Nidderau, Germany, Dec16 (dpa/GNA) – Prosecutors in Germany say the perpetrator of the racist attack in Hanau on February 19, 2020, which left nine people dead, had no accomplices.
The investigation into the attack has now ended, the Office of the Federal Prosecutor announced in Karlsruhe on Thursday.
“After exhausting all relevant investigative approaches, no sufficient factual indications of the involvement of further persons as accomplices, instigators, or accessories have emerged,” the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said.
As a result of the investigations, prosecutors determined that 43-year-old, known as Tobias R under German privacy laws, shot nine people and injured numerous others, some of them seriously.
The attack was “motivated by racism,” prosecutors say.
He then returned to his parents’ house, where he first shot and killed his mother, and then himself.
“In total, more than 400 witnesses were questioned and several hundred pieces of evidence were examined by forensic experts,” the prosecutors said. “No indications have emerged that other persons could have been privy to Tobias R’s attack plans.”
An investigation by the Hesse state parliament is also currently underway, which is primarily looking into the question of whether mistakes were made by the authorities before, during or after the crime.
In the second public session of the committee this Friday, three more relatives of attack victims will be heard as witnesses, followed by two more public sessions on December 20 and January 21.
GNA