Two Turkish men slain in Hanau shooting to be buried in Turkey
A memorial ceremony was held on Feb. 24 honoring the Turkish nationals slain in last week's racist mass shooting in the German town of Hanau. The bodies of two Turkish victims have been sent to their hometowns in Turkey to be buried there.
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Bodies of two Turkish victims killed in a far-right attack in the German town of Hanau last week will be buried in Turkey.
A memorial ceremony was held on Feb. 24 honoring three of four Turkish nationals slain in the racist mass shooting in Germany.
The ceremony for Fatih Saraçoğlu, Gökhan Gültekin and Sedat Gürbüz was held in Hanau, near Frankfurt, the scene of the attack.
Attending the memorial were Turkey’s Ambassador to Germany Ali Kemal Aydın, Turkey’s Consul General in Frankfurt Burak Karartı and a number of lawmakers from Turkish parliament.
After the ceremony, the bodies of Saraçoğlu and Gültekin were sent to their hometowns in Turkey.
Gürbüz will be laid to rest in Frankfurt’s Dietzenbach district on Feb. 25 following a funeral prayer.
Nine people were killed late on Feb. 19 as a 43-year-old German man went on a shooting rampage in Hanau, targeting customers at two separate shisha lounges.
The suspect later appears to have later killed his own mother —his 10th victim — in their apartment, before turning the gun on himself.
Federal prosecutors have said there are indications of a far-right motive.
The nine victims were aged between 21 and 44 and all came from immigrant backgrounds. Four held Turkish citizenship.
The suspect appears to have chosen the shooting sites because of their clientele. The two establishments are popular with patrons of Middle Eastern origin.