US democrat and husband shot-Diepresse.com
The democratic politician Melissa Hortman and her husband have been shot in the state of Minnesota. Another senator and his wife were seriously injured. The alleged perpetrator is fleeting.
After fatal shots on a democratic politician and her husband, a major search for the fleeting perpetrator is running in the US state of Minnesota. Melissa Hortman, who was a member of Minnesota parliament, and her husband Mark were attacked in the early morning (local time) in her house in the city of Brooklyn Park, as governor Tim Walz announced. Neither survived the attack. « This was an act of targeted political violence, » said Walz.
In another attack in the nearby Champlin, a democratic senator from the parliament of the state, John Hoffman, and his wife were shot down and seriously injured. One is « careful » that they survive. There is concern that other people could be in danger.
Walz paid tribute to his party colleague Hortman as a « close girlfriend », who « woke up every day with the goal of making this state a bit better ». Hortman was once the chair of the parliament in the US state, which she had belonged to since 2004.
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Perpetrator on the run
The alleged perpetrator is fleeting. The police had become active after the attack on the Hoffman couple and had checked the Hortman residential building as a precaution – there the emergency services then met a person who was a police officer.
In the entrance there was a vehicle with the blue lights on, a person in police clothes came out of the house. When the officials confronted the man, he opened the fire according to the authorities. There was a change of shooting. The suspect withdrew and was able to flee. The police then discovered Hortman and her husband in the house.
« It wasn’t a real police officer, » said the authorities. Rather, the man pretended to be a police officer to get into the house.
Manifesto and further names
During the later search of the vehicle, investigators found a manifesto in which several officials are named. The security authorities then initiated additional protective measures for people on the list.
Violence against politicians in the United States stands
The fear of politically motivated violence has grown in the United States in recent years. The concern is also fired by the simple access to firearms. Again and again authorities and politicians warn of a heated mood in the country where confrontational rhetoric and hatred can turn into violent acts on social networks. Threats against officials are now part of everyday life.
A few months ago, the residence of the governor of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, was laid out. According to the investigators, the alleged arsonist acted on the democratic politician.
Republicans are also affected: In the presidential election campaign last year, US President Donald Trump was injured at an attack during an event during an event in the state of Pennsylvania.
Trump condemned shots
Trump shared the fatal shots in Minnesota. He spoke of a « probably targeted attack on state employees ». The federal police FBI And Justice Minister Pam Bondi were entrusted with the investigation, it said in a message from the White House. « Such cruel violence is not tolerated in the United States, » said Trump, and announced that it was « following all possible parties » with the full hardness of the law « . (APA)
