Posted on 07/30/2017 10:33:03 AM PDT by Lorianne
A gunman has been shot dead by German police after opening fire at a nightclub in the city of Konstanz.
One person was killed and three seriously injured in the attack at about 04:30 (02:30 GMT) on Sunday.
The shooter targeted the Grey club in an industrial part of the city, on Max-Stromeyer-Strasse.
Police have ruled out a terrorist motive. A spokesperson told N-TV that the gunman was a 34-year-old Iraqi citizen, but not an asylum seeker.
He is believed to have lived in Germany for a long time.
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Just to be crystal clear.
Nothing to do with islam
Police looking for motive.
He used an automatic weapon. They don’t know what the motive was but they know it wasn’t terrorism. Whewww. That’s a relief.
Thanks for the back up. I was getting slammed due to a cnn article about this. LOL!
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I thought gun ownership was illegal in Germany.
What happened?
When does it ever?
Just as the folks importing more Islam....
He was screaming “Allah Ackbar” and “This is for Islam”.
Authorities are baffled as to what the motive could be, but they believe it has something to do with Donald Trump.
Every time an innocent Westerner dies, a liberal touches themselves.
I, for one, am so thankful it wasn’t islamic terrorism. The police have comforted me in my moments of doubt.
A reaction to islamophobia, no doubt.
Muzzy kills human. No news.
He came to a nightclub filled with people, carrying an automatic weapon. The only reason we don’t have a massacre is the doorman who sacrificed himself to stop the guy from coming in.
So, its not terrorism because he didn’t get inside. Had he got inside, the bodies would have been stacked up on all sides, and they would have to find some other way to spin this.
That Muslim had nothing to do with Islam
the gunman was a 34-year-old Iraqi citizen,
More from another post about this from the BBC ( http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40770258 ) stating he had an M16 and knew how to use it. Huh?:
The gunman who killed one person at a German nightclub was the Iraqi Kurdish son-in-law of the nightclub’s owner, German authorities said.
He returned to the Grey nightclub in the southern city of Konstanz armed with an M16 machine gun after having been thrown out following an argument, a state prosecutor said.
The victim was a doorman. Several others were wounded including a police officer.
The gunman was killed by police.
Hundreds of revellers are thought to have been at Grey at the time of the shooting. They either fled outside in terror or found places to hide as the shooting unfolded.
The wounded police officer’s life had been saved by his helmet, which deflected a bullet fired by the gunman, Andreas Stenge from the Baden-Württemberg criminal investigation office said at a press conference.
Mr Stenge said the M16 machine gun was an “absolute war weapon” and said the gunman appeared to know how to handle it.
The 34-year-old had come to police attention twice in the past, police said.
Police chief Ekkehard Falk said a police strategy to swiftly disable the gunman had prevented further casualties.
The Baden-Württemberg authorities have ruled out a terrorist motive for the incident.
I was in Konstanz with my grandchildren two weeks ago. Laid back, lake town. Families everywhere. I honestly felt like it was low on the risk scale. I was wrong
Probably was just an Iraqi who needed a job or maybe because of global warming made him do this. Nothing to do with Islam.
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