The authorities still say the motive for the attack on the Dutch tram yesterday is unclear (still), while they have captured the guy about six to eight hours after the shooting. Three dead, and around 9 wounded. They will admit the guy is a Turk.
However, a Turkish news group, Anadolu....asked some relatives of this guy, and the comment from them was that a particular woman was targeted....who was of a Turkish 'clan', for having an affair. After this guy had shot the woman and as Dutch people rushed forward on the tram to save her.....he then targeted them. Reliability of the story? Unknown.
Family or 'honor' killings? If you quietly go around Germany, it's a general fact that it occurs. The Gatestone Institute did a report in 2017 on the topic. Official government statistics don't exist....you simply hear stories about the women involved.
Honor killings tend to fall into five categories: gay lifestyle, refusing to participate in a family-arranged marriage, divorcing the husband, caught in an affair, or being raped.
Around three years ago in Germany, a young lady was executed, and the eventual court case involved both the mother and father as participants. They were both convicted and sent off to prison.
So, no terror angle? At present, this is likely to be the final result.
Update: Mid-day, 19th: The regional police (via Dutch news) are still trying to revive this terror suggestion, with a note found in the car. They are saying there is no relationship itself, between the Turk guy accused and the Turkish woman (first shot on the tram). What they are avoiding in this public statement is that the guy may simply have been part of some extended family or simply contracted to go and kill the woman because of a violation of 'family-honor'.
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