A terror along the southern border. Im phil gale welcome to the program at least 2 people have been killed in shooting attacks on a synagogue and the kebab shop in the eastern german city of hama there are reports of a 3rd incident in the nearby town of lands bad this footage from twitter shows a suspect firing not shots from behind a car a police have arrested one person residents are being warned to stay indoors the police say there is no longer an acute danger to the public offices in the city are still out in force and now these attacks took place on yom kippur the holiest day in the jewish calendar federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation. Straight to alabama to rejoin data because pontificate welcome kate bring us up to date. Well as you can see behind me the Police Operation here in hull is very much still underway but there have been some changes in the last hour or so you are how the train station and weve heard is now every open that was closed early yesterday following that shooting many of those trains would be redirected to light sake but people are still be warned to stay inside as Police Operation is still ongoing here in hala but the latest that were hearing now from local authorities also from local media here is that Police Believe that the that the attacker that the shooter here in holland was axing alone thats not yet been confirmed by the federal prosecutors but thats what were hearing here from local media and from the local authorities here. Only say as you can see im stood now at the end of the street and this is a street behind whether synagogue is where one woman was killed after a good man opened fire outside of a synagogue now as far as we know and the people who were inside that synagogue who were attending services for york of course is a as far as were aware they all still inside the synagogue and the as they go the gunman reportedly actually tried to enter the synagogue while those services were taking place but it was the security at the entrance to the synagogue which is which is usual actually for synagogues jewish schools Jewish Community centers in germany to have security on that door that security managed to keep the gunman to keep the suspect out and instead he opened fire on the street killing a woman just a few meters away from the synagogue a 2nd man was also killed at a combat show also here in holland and there were also eyewitness reports of hunger and aids being thrown one at the kabob shop and also reports of another hand grenade being thrown into a jewish gravy. Hala to you but those have those reports havent been confirmed by authorities but thats what weve been hearing at least from eyewitnesses here in how to say a very quiet evening here in eastern germany tonight many people staying inside following that advice from local authorities to stay at home while the Police Operation is still underway and most of the streets instead of being filled with Emergency Service vehicles are bill and says even though the fire service is out in full force and night and the streets are mainly being filled with blue lights and not many people this evening. We live in a world of misleading or social media so its important but im seeing reports that apparently the perpetrator tried to live stream. Yes there have been some reports the Site Intelligence Group for example has reported that he actually tried to that he posted some a life. From some some camera footage that was filmed from his viewpoint in the run up to that attack of course thats still yet to be confirmed by all foreign cheese and in the meantime of course like you say it is in these times above all very important to keep an eye on how these things develop on social media and not everything should be taken for granted and we certainly should avoid any speculation before authorities and the German Federal prosecution who is now which is now taken over this case before they actually confirm any of these details and if they will he is a more concrete information from those from the federal prosecution in the coming hours following the shooting here and how they are today kate stay with us lets just bring of a tweet from the German Foreign minister heiko masters reacted to the shooting he tweeted that there was a shooting at a synagogue on the reconciliation festival of young kapoor this hearts we all have to fight against antisemitism a country my thoughts are with the dead and injured their relatives on the people and the police in these difficult hours heiko must hinting that he believes things that there was an anti semitic motive behind this kate you mentioned just now that the prosecutor the Public Prosecutor general has taken over this investigation what does this tell us what does it say about a motive. Well the German Federal prosecution tends to take over cases when its believed that theres a suspicion of a threat to National Security or threats of of terrorism so that gives you some indication of how seriously this incident here in holland today is being taken by german all storage fees but as far as far as a clear motive is concerned nothing has yet been confirmed by authours shes here in germany but the Jewish Community itself here in holland has actually said that they believe it was that they were targeted in this attack which of course then points in the direction of perhaps a motivation of and to semitism but as i say that is yet to be confirmed as a been the response from the Jewish Community. Well at the moment it was it is quite difficult today to reach all that many jewish leaders particularly those who are particularly observance of young kapoor and they will be avoiding participated in any work today so it has been difficult in the day to actually talk to jewish leaders here but there has certainly been a sense of dismay of course this is not good for germanys image of course there has all the the topic of the Jewish Community here in germany is always traces with a very special sense of respect to here in germany germany feels like it has a special jussi to protect the Jewish Community and of course in recent months the vote theres also been a rise in reports of anti semitic attacks here in germany so the shooting today. Could of course just adds to that deface and i was mentioning before the security thats already in place here in germany is actually nothing unusual for synagogues and Jewish Community centers jewry. Schools you often find that there is a Police Presence at search buildings and also sometimes even security checks the scam is almost like very rudimentary airport checks on entering somewhere like a synagogue and it seems that those security checks today is what actually stops this gunman this suspect from entering the synagogue just down the street behind me and weve heard reports that he actually tried to enter the synagogue here in hollow while while members of a fellers Jewish Community. Attended services for your poor and instead he went on so into the streets an open fire which resulted in the death of a woman needs in the synagogue and also the death of a man at a shop here in holland but there at the moment no concept of asian and the latest were hearing from a local authorities and local media here is certainly that police now think that the perpetrator acted alone so all that point that 3 incidents one of the synagogue was a kebab shop. And so are police saying that. Person carried out these 3 attacks. Well it certainly seems a moment that the 2 attacks or the 2 shootings in hell itself were related and its believed that they were carried out by the same gunman but the separate attack in landsberg thats just east of about 15 kilometers away from follow where we are now and police are still trying to determine whether those were linked to now at the moment so its obviously working with timelines many. Details of the events today as theyve been rivals they are still being determined now of course they the perpetrator the suspects were. Was arrested shortly after the shootings and then there was the 2nd incident in the lands bad weather that was carried out by that same person is not yet clear was so waiting for confirmation on how and to what extent these these attacks these shooting incidents on spec on and whether or not theyre related that we just dont know yet its very clear brady and how to thank you. Lets take this up with a Russian Security expert welcome to day w. So we saw the shooting. Clips that weve been using that people have been saying what have you been able to make of what youve seen of the weapon that was used. Well interestingly it looked. Like it was at least one automatic weapon the interesting thing about this weapon seems to be that it appeared to be a kind of homemade weapon so this was not an off the shelf version of any of the known assault rifles like a 47 type or a ar 15 type seemed to be some sort of expertise with the attackers or in the environment of the attack us actually build. Something like an automatic weapon what makes you think that this was. Bought. Well were saying youre talking now. Yes yes so these pictures indicate that this is not one of the standard assault rifles that you would see the photos that were circulating that i have seen are pointing for example to. Kind of a makeshift magazine the barrel has to be improvised but it looks like those some sort of professionalism some sort of knowledge in building this weapon because it was functioning so there needs to be some sort of a weapons expertise to actually build a functioning weapons weapon like that ok so there was a shooting outside. Dog there was a we have now its been confirmed that there was an explosive device placed outside it which didnt go. To synagogues and jewish places of worship and certainly in. Germany seemed to be a particular risk at the moment. Yes we have seen another incident in berlin a few days ago that was much more harmless of course but was still an attack now jewish places of worship all across germany are under heightened security anyway so. These prominent synagogues they are under. Guard basically of private Security Companies and of police normally and we can expect that these measures will be increasing now across germany as there is a risk of course of other perpetrators or basically. Possibilities that some people would be prompted to to to execute follow on attacks so we will see definitely a rise in in protection for these synagogue from other important places for jewish people now wait we dont yet police havent yet confirmed a motive for the attacks we dont know if it was that terror or just direct criminality but we have 3 incidents today. And in lines back to where we have yesterdays incidents in which i was hijacked and crashed into vehicles. The jet the country is just were just generally on edge at the moment ali. Well it would appear that there is a bit of a wave of violence across the country but if you look at it these are these are incidents that seem to be. Happening within a certain period of time but the back ground to these incidents. I would say to be of different motivations so theyre not necessarily connected to the instance today in and around. However appeared to be connected somehow coordinated and this is really something that needs to be considered so that this would point to as professionalism to a certain degree of planning. Of the what we call as security and the terrorists or the crime whatever the attack cycle that it requires to prepare such a. Such an incident has been executed quite professionally in the case of howlett. So this would point to a background maybe more in the political sphere rather than in the crimes i could talk to you thank you for joining us that. Security at expert. Welcome. Will turn out or some breaking news turkey has begun its military offensive in Northern Syria and that crushing kurdish fighters on the move comes immediately after the u. S. Pulled its troops out of the area turkish t. V
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