The attack took place at a synagogue and kebab shop in Halle. It seems fairly obvious why the attack took place today: it’s Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year in Judaism. The shooter apparently streamed the whole thing using a camera mounted to his head. According to official reports, at least two people were killed, but the shooter was unsuccessful in breaking into the synagogue. The shooter went on a barely-understandable rant during the livestream, the hateful content of which included invectives against feminism and a denial of the Holocaust. A spokesperson for the German authorities confirmed to Vice the video footage was of the shooting and that the man in it was the suspect in custody.
— Twitch (@Twitch) October 9, 2019 There’s not much to celebrate here, but I will say this: one hour’s a pretty sharp takedown time for a company with as many live broadcasts to monitor as Twitch does. I’d have preferred it never happened at all, but under the circumstances I’m glad it was scrubbed as quickly as it was. Many would say something like this was only a matter of time — myself included. Facebook has already been the site of numerous terrible things on livestream, the most terrible of which probably being the Christchurch shooting in New Zealand. Twitch being as popular as it is, there was probably some kind of terrible cosmic clock counting down the time until someone streamed something truly horrific there.
