Germany’s president has called on his fellow citizens to stop using ostracising and vilifying language, saying it paves the way for violence.
He was speaking at one of several vigils held in honour of nine people killed in a shooting attack in the city of Hanau after a German man shot at people in two shisha bars on Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors said the attacker had posted racist and anti-migrant material online.
Germany has had several far-right attacks in recent years.
Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Hanau, Germany.
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