8 dead after twin shootings in Germany targeting hookah bars

Police officers in Hanau, Germany.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Michael Probst)

At least eight people are dead and five seriously injured following two shootings at hookah bars in Hanau, Germany.

The first shooting took place in the central part of the city at a bar called Midnight, where three people were killed, the German broadcaster Hessenschau reports. Police say the suspects got into a dark vehicle and drove to another neighborhood, where they opened fire at the Arena Bar & Cafe, killing at least five people.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.