Saturday, June 11, 2022

Rounding Up The German News

 1.  Gas tax discount working?  Well....no.  Gas (E10) this morning is around 1.97 Euro per liter at most local stations.  

Government now says it's going to view the 'profits' of oil companies/gas stations, and use some government law to subject them to an excess profit tax.  Best guess here?

Fuel has probably gone to another level, and I expect by the end of August....the relief price of gas will be near 2.10....meaning on 1 September...it'll flip to 2.42 Euro and massive shock waves will occur.

2.  Shooting in Bienenbüttel (Lower Saxony)?

What the police say....shoots heard around noon on Friday at one house.  Police arrive.....three dead.

From they say....an argument started up (no one says over what)....older guy (mid-80s) owned weapons and apparently shot his neighbor (60s) and his wife (60s), then shot himself.  Probably a decade-long feud.  

3.  Another school attack?

What the police say here....up at the University of Hamm (NW part of Germany)....mid-30s guy who was considered to be under some type of mental illness....stabbed a total of four people.  

Other students stepped in and held the guy until the police arrived.  The four wounded?  All alive but one is in extremely bad condition.  

Student attacker?  Well...they say the guy lived in the dorm but was age 34. What triggered the aggressive nature?  Unknown.

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