Merz said.
Merz highlighted that the victims were targeted for celebrating openness and diversity. “We will do everything to protect and defend this freedom, openness and liberality,” he said.
“That is a mission of a government, but also of the society.”
Terrorism analyst Hans-Jakob Schindler told DW that the suspect maintained close ties to the Islamic State network.
“[The suspect was] very close, and potentially, even a member of the 'Islamic State' which means that we have the hardest, most extremist misinterpretation of Islam possible in the world,” Schindler said.
Schindler noted that extremist movements continuously distribute operational propaganda online. “All extremist milieus always have a call to action.
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Either by peaceful means, if we talk about what is called in Germany 'legalistic Islamism' i.e.,” he said.
