The crime was committed in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate
A customer shot a 20-year-old gas station worker after he asked him to put on a mask while buying beer. The murder took place on Saturday night in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
After a brief conflict with the victim, the attacker left the store. About an hour and a half later, the suspect returned, this time wearing a face mask. But while he was carrying his beers to the cash register, he took off his mask and a new argument broke out.
Germany: Gas station employee killed over a face mask,
A 20Yo Gas station employee was was shot dead after asking a customer to wear a face mask, suspect says he was stressed out by coronavirus measures – Berliner Morgenpost. pic.twitter.com/lMggK1LRjI
— @KassMedefer (@KMedefer) September 21, 2021
“The perpetrator then pulled out a gun and shot him directly in the head,” prosecutor Kai Furman told reporters.
The 49-year-old German suspect went to the police station the next day to surrender, after which he was arrested. During questioning, he said he felt “pressured” by the measures against the coronavirus, which he perceived as a “continuing growing violation of his rights” and saw no other way to oppose it, Furman said.
A 20-year-old gas station employee in Southwest Germany was executed by an angry man who didn’t want to wear a mask. The victim was a student working part-time. We need to stop walking on eggshells around these #Logical thinker terrorists. # Mask requirement https://t.co/q9aK3uBn7d
— Reuven Proença???????? (@reuven_p) September 21, 2021
Catherine Goring-Eckard, the Greens’ parliamentary leader, wrote on Twitter that she was “deeply shaken” by the assassination, which she said was “the cruel result of hatred”.
“The killing in the western town of Idar-Oberstein is believed to be the first in Germany linked to the government’s coronavirus rules. (..) Katrin Goering-Eckardt, the parliamentary leader of the Green party, tweeted that the killing was “the cruel result of hatred”. #covidiots https://t.co/ziVLyxjPJT
– Ferran Porta ???? (@FerranPorta) September 21, 2021
Source: BGNES
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