The East African victim was left seriously wounded after being shot in Wächtersbach, near Frankfurt in the state of Hesse, after being fired at from a vehicle on Monday afternoon. The victim is said to be in a stable condition after emergency surgery on his stomach. "He became a victim because of his skin colour," public prosecutor Alexander Badle said at a press conference. The shooting "had a very clear xenophobic motive," he said, adding however, that "there is no reliable evidence that contact existed... with far-right extremist" groups. "Why he legally had such an arsenal of weapons, I cannot give any information about", said Badle.

Source: The Local July 23, 2019 11:03 UTC