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Police shoot gunman dead after he stormed German cinema, opened fire, tear gas, hostages
UK Daily Mail ^ | By Sarah Dean For Mailonline and Allan Hall In Berlin

Posted on 06/23/2016 9:14:29 AM PDT by Fitzy_888

A masked gunman has been shot dead by police after storming a German cinema complex and opening fire.

The man entered the cinema complex in Western Germany at about 3pm carrying a gun and munition belt.

The gunman apparently entered the Kinopolis cinema 'Rambo-style' with a gunbelt of cartridges draped across his shoulder and his weapon in his hand.

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(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Germany; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: frankfort; germany; shooting; viernheim
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Police shoot gunman dead after he stormed German cinema and opened fire before letting off tear gas and taking hostages

1 posted on 06/23/2016 9:14:29 AM PDT by Fitzy_888
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entered the Kinopolis cinema 'Rambo-style' with a gunbelt of cartridges draped across his shoulder and his weapon in his hand.

Could have been worse. Could have hand his gun in his hand.

(hat tip to R. Lee Ermey)

2 posted on 06/23/2016 9:16:19 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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“A masked gunman has been shot dead by police after storming a German cinema complex and opening fire. “

This isn’t much better, grammatically, than the other article.
Did the gunman storm the cinema or did the police storm the cinema?


3 posted on 06/23/2016 9:21:39 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (The reason for Gun Control has always been Government's Fear of Rebellion.)
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Er hat recht, mein herr. The "after storming..." clause would refer to the subject of the sentence, the gunman, not to the object of the preposition in "by police."
4 posted on 06/23/2016 9:25:57 AM PDT by Genoa
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To: Fitzy_888
The motive for the attack is unclear - whether he is a 'lone wolf' terrorist or a deranged individual.

This implies there are only 2 reasons for the attack.
I can think of some other possibilities.

The writer should have stopped after:
The motive for the attack is unclear...-Tom

5 posted on 06/23/2016 9:26:47 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
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Gee....cartridges over his shoulder and a gun in his hand? How could that be in gun free Germany? Or Paris? Or Brussles? But the clueless socialists in our House are sitting on the floor and whimpering about wanting Congress to outlaw guns in the USA. They should be treated as domestic enemies.


6 posted on 06/23/2016 9:28:24 AM PDT by txrefugee
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Revealing his name might be a clue...
7 posted on 06/23/2016 9:28:54 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Revealing his name might be a clue...

I doubt he's a muslim. They don't take hostages, they just kill.

8 posted on 06/23/2016 9:34:41 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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Now authorities claim they aren't sure the weapon was real!

Conflicting updates ....link

Update - 4.35pm: Police spokesman Bernd Hochstaedter said authorities were told early on Thursday afternoon that an armed man had entered the Kinopolis movie theatre in the town of Viernheim and that shots had apparently been fired. Hesse's interior minister, Peter Beuth, said it was not clear whether the weapon was real. Hochstaedter said that the police deployment lasted around three hours. He said: "We believe that there were no injured people, and that the people who were in the cinema with the perpetrator could be freed uninjured."

Update - 4.25pm: Police say no one has been injured by a gunman at German cinema. Update - 4.10pm: A man who launched a gun attack in a cinema complex in Viernheim, Germany, has been shot dead, local media has reported, quoting the interior Ministry.

Update - 4.05pm: A man has been arrested after at least 20 people were injured after a gun attack in a cinema complex in Viernheim, Germany, local media has reported.

9 posted on 06/23/2016 9:38:43 AM PDT by wtd
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When will Germany control guns?!


10 posted on 06/23/2016 9:56:29 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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“Cops Kill Crazed Gunman and End Hostage Drama”


11 posted on 06/23/2016 9:58:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Whew, at least he didn’t come in Tarzan or Scarface style.


12 posted on 06/23/2016 9:58:39 AM PDT by Cboldt
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Holding his gun in his hand, and shouting “Say hello to my Little Friend.”


13 posted on 06/23/2016 10:00:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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“Revealing his name might be a clue... “

We need to start a pool - which one of his three names is mohammed ?


14 posted on 06/23/2016 10:02:13 AM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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Or burrito style


15 posted on 06/23/2016 10:08:39 AM PDT by Noumenon ("Objects in history may be closer than they appear")
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To: Fitzy_888

They need to outlaw guns in Germany or these outrageous mass shootings will never stop. Oh yeah they are already outlawed in Germany. Sarc.


17 posted on 06/23/2016 10:31:29 AM PDT by seawolf101 (This)
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To: wtd

US SWAT let the shooter go on a 3 hour killing spree.

German police had their shooter dead in about an hour.

Germany just put the US to shame. Either way, not very good response time when seconds count.


18 posted on 06/23/2016 11:08:00 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Fitzy_888

a different article mentions it being a blank gun. the only injuries were from tear gas as the police took the building.


19 posted on 06/23/2016 12:54:09 PM PDT by stompk
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