According to a witness, the shootings targeted a Turkish restaurant, while according to the daily Bild the shooting would have taken place also in front of a synagogue and a grenade would also have been launched, on this day Yom Kippur in a Jewish cemetery nearby. . This information was not confirmed immediately by the police.
"Two people were killed in Halle, according to preliminary findings. Several shots were fired. The alleged perpetrators fled aboard a vehicle, "the police said on Twitter, asking residents to stay at home.
Two people were also seriously wounded in the attack, a spokesman for the city's university hospital said.
"We have two serious injuries with gunshot wounds. They are being operated on, "Jens Müller, a spokesman for the hospital, told AFP.
A person was arrested soon after, police said, without further details at this stage.
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Several people also reported shooting, including a grenade, aimed at a Turkish kebab restaurant. "A gunman was wearing a helmet and military clothes," said a man, who was inside, on the NTV news channel. "He threw a grenade on the premises. The grenade crashed on the door and exploded, "added the witness, still in shock. "The man then shot at least once in the store, the man who was sitting behind me had to die. I hid in the bathroom and locked the door, "he said.
The entire neighborhood was closed and Halle Central Station (State of Saxony-Anhalt) was closed.
Fear of far-right terrorism
The attack comes months after the murder in Hesse of Walter Lübcke, a pro-migrant politician elected by Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party (CDU). The main suspect is a member of the neo-Nazi movement. This case has created a shockwave in the country, where the anti-migrant far right chain of electoral successes. It has awakened the fear of a far-right terrorism like that of the small group NSU, responsible for the murder between 2000 and 2007 of a dozen migrants.
There have been a number of violent precedents: a knife attack against Cologne mayor Henriette Reker in 2015, and two years later against Altena Mayor Andreas Hollstein. Both are barely surviving. Both defended a policy of generous reception of migrants, as Walter Lübcke. Or the murders perpetrated by the German neo-Nazi group NSU, responsible for the murder of a dozen immigrants in Germany in the early 2000s.
Germany is confronted with "a new RAF", a "brown RAF", believes the Süddeutsche Zeitung, in reference to the far-left terrorist group Fraction arme rouge, active between 1968 and 1998.
More than 12,700 right-wing extremists considered dangerous are identified by the authorities.
German authorities are also on the alert after several jihadist attacks in recent years. The deadliest was in December 2016, when a Tunisian, Anis Amri, ran into a Christmas market in Berlin with a stolen truck, killing twelve people.
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The German anti-terrorist prosecutor seized of the investigation
The German anti-terrorist prosecution has been seized of the investigation into the shooting. A suspect was arrested in connection with the facts.
The police said on Twitter that other attackers may still be at large. Several people escaped from the scene of the shooting in one or more cars.
Strengthened police presence around the Leipzig and Dresden synagogues
The police reinforced its presence around the synagogues of Dresden and Leipzig, southeast of the city of Halle.
Five policemen armed with machine guns are parked in front of the Leipzig synagogue, the DPA news agency reported.
Two people hospitalized after the shooting
Two people were injured in the shooting and were taken to the university hospital in the east of the city, said the hospital spokesman.
A patient has gunshot wounds and is currently undergoing surgery, "Mueller said, refusing to give details about who was injured.
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