LATEST: Far-right motive suspected after 9 killed in shooting in Germany.
German federal prosecutors also said there were indications that the 43-year-old gunman had an extremist motive.
Forensic police at a crime scene in the centre of Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Feb. 20.Witnesses and surveillance videos of the suspect's getaway car led authorities quickly to his home, near the scene of the second attack, where he was found dead near his 72-year-old mother, who had also been shot dead, said Peter Beuth, the interior minister for the state of Hesse, according to the Associated Press.
“Initial analysis of the web page of the suspect indicate a xenophobic motivation,” he said. It did not appear, however, that the suspect was known either to police or Germany's domestic intelligence agency, he added.in which she offered her “heartfelt condolences” to the victims.
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