03:31Residents of Cologne shared their reactions to the German interior minister's proposed increases in security for mosques in the country on Friday, in the wake of the far-right shooting in Hanau.
"Increase? There isn't any, so what do they mean increase?" said one resident outside Cologne Central Mosque.
Another said he was sceptical of what a police presence would bring and suggested it would be "a bit of a waste of taxpayer's money. One should invest more in going deeper in to the internal affairs, and these persons, really, not just monitor, but also disarm."
A gunman opened fire outside a shisha bar in Hanau's Heumarkt district and drove off to a second location in the Kesselstadt district where he opened fire again, killing nine people in total and injuring several others late on Wednesday evening.
The suspect was a 43-year-old German citizen from Hanau. Together with his 72-year-old mother, he was found dead at his home in the early hours of Thursday morning.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer described the Hanau shooting as a "racially motivated terror attack" during a press conference in Berlin on Friday.
Seehofer also stressed that in the face of right-wing extremism in Germany, police presence will be increased at busy railway stations, airports and cross border territories, alongside "sensible locations" such as mosques.
Germany: Citizens react to proposed security increases outside Cologne mosque
Residents of Cologne shared their reactions to the German interior minister's proposed increases in security for mosques in the country on Friday, in the wake of the far-right shooting in Hanau.
"Increase? There isn't any, so what do they mean increase?" said one resident outside Cologne Central Mosque.
Another said he was sceptical of what a police presence would bring and suggested it would be "a bit of a waste of taxpayer's money. One should invest more in going deeper in to the internal affairs, and these persons, really, not just monitor, but also disarm."
A gunman opened fire outside a shisha bar in Hanau's Heumarkt district and drove off to a second location in the Kesselstadt district where he opened fire again, killing nine people in total and injuring several others late on Wednesday evening.
The suspect was a 43-year-old German citizen from Hanau. Together with his 72-year-old mother, he was found dead at his home in the early hours of Thursday morning.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer described the Hanau shooting as a "racially motivated terror attack" during a press conference in Berlin on Friday.
Seehofer also stressed that in the face of right-wing extremism in Germany, police presence will be increased at busy railway stations, airports and cross border territories, alongside "sensible locations" such as mosques.
Residents of Cologne shared their reactions to the German interior minister's proposed increases in security for mosques in the country on Friday, in the wake of the far-right shooting in Hanau.
"Increase? There isn't any, so what do they mean increase?" said one resident outside Cologne Central Mosque.
Another said he was sceptical of what a police presence would bring and suggested it would be "a bit of a waste of taxpayer's money. One should invest more in going deeper in to the internal affairs, and these persons, really, not just monitor, but also disarm."
A gunman opened fire outside a shisha bar in Hanau's Heumarkt district and drove off to a second location in the Kesselstadt district where he opened fire again, killing nine people in total and injuring several others late on Wednesday evening.
The suspect was a 43-year-old German citizen from Hanau. Together with his 72-year-old mother, he was found dead at his home in the early hours of Thursday morning.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer described the Hanau shooting as a "racially motivated terror attack" during a press conference in Berlin on Friday.
Seehofer also stressed that in the face of right-wing extremism in Germany, police presence will be increased at busy railway stations, airports and cross border territories, alongside "sensible locations" such as mosques.