The act caused horror nationwide. The man who is said to have shot a young salesman in the head was not known to the police. Now his online activities are the focus of the investigation.
Idar-Oberstein – After the fatal shot at a gas station employee in the dispute over the mask requirement, the police checked the activity of the suspect on social media.
A lot of information was received, said a spokesman for the Trier police headquarters on Wednesday morning for the German press agency.
The 49-year-old is said to have shot a 20-year-old salesman in the head on Saturday evening in Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. After his arrest, he told the investigators that he rejected the corona measures, the situation of the pandemic had put a lot of strain on him, he wanted to set an example.
The German, previously unknown to the police, is in custody on suspicion of murder. The act caused great horror and sympathy nationwide. The public prosecutor’s office assumes a lengthy investigation into the background. Among other things, it is unclear where he got the murder weapon.
On Tuesday evening, the police tweeted in Tier: “There are indications of the suspect’s Twitter profile. We are following up on these clues. “The investigators were referred to the suspected perpetrator’s Twitter profile by a large number of users, the spokesman said. With the tweet one wanted to signal to the citizens: “We are on it, we have that in view.”
After joint research by the news magazine “Der Spiegel” and the think tank CeMAS, which specializes in conspiracy ideologies, the alleged shooter was already noticed two years ago on a Twitter profile with nebulous fantasies of violence. dpa
