Halle shooting: German police search apartment of suspect

The German police has searched an apartment of a suspect in the city of Moenchengladbach in connection with the shooting in the German city of Halle last week, local media reported on Wednesday.

The man is suspected of having published a 15-page manifesto of the Halle-shooter Stephan B. “very promptly to the crime”, according to the German public broadcasters WDR, NDR as well as the newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ).

On Wednesday last week, Stephan B. had tried to enter a synagogue during the Yom Kippur prayers. After failing to enter the synagogue, he killed two people and was shortly caught afterwards by German police.

Stephan B. admitted the crime as well as a right-wing extremist and anti-Semitic motivation on Friday last week.

WDR, NDR and SZ reported that authorities from the United States would have provided the IP address of the computer which the suspect from Moenchengladbach allegedly used to upload the shooter’s manifest.

“In view of the ongoing investigations, I am currently unable to comment on the case,” said Jan Steils, spokesperson for the public prosecutor’s office in Moenchengladbach, upon request by WDR, NDR and SZ.

According to German media, the man from Moenchengladbach would “apparently” be under investigation on suspicion of incitement to hatred.

Already during the weekend, the man would have “willingly” handed over his computer to the police and said that he did not know Stephan B., the media reports said.

Source: Xinhua