German officials fear anti-mask radicalization after killing of convenience store clerk

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German officials fear anti-mask radicalization after killing

A 49-year-old German man was arrested in the fatal shooting of the clerk Saturday in the western town of Idar-Oberstein. The suspect is being held on suspicion of murder.

Authorities said the man told officers he acted “out of anger” after being refused service for not wearing a mask while trying to buy beer.

“He further stated during interrogation that he rejected the measures against the coronavirus,” the Trier police department said in a statement.
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Baerbock also expressed concern about the radicalization of Germany’s Querdenken movement, which includes people who oppose masks and vaccines, conspiracy theorists and some far-right extremists.
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“A young man was virtually executed because he pointed out the mask requirement,” Ziemiak said on Twitter. “An inconceivable level of radicalization!” - AP News

The row started when the cashier, a student, told the customer to put on a face mask, as is required in all German shops. After a brief argument, the man left.

The suspect then returned about an hour and a half later, wearing a mask. But as he brought his purchase to the counter, he took off the mask, and another discussion ensued.

"The perpetrator then pulled out a revolver and shot him straight in the head," prosecutor Kai Fuhrmann told reporters on Monday. i24.com

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1. If this nitwits are shooting people, it seems they're already radicalized

The authorities need to consider their response to these murderous fucknuts accordingly.