Politicians promise a strong response after nine people were killed in a racially motivated attack.

Germany's leaders are promising a strong response to the latest racially motivated attacks.

A gunman killed nine people at two shisha cafes on Wednesday in the city of Hanau. He targeted places popular with the Turkish and Kurdish communities.

The 43-year-old suspect had posted documents with racist and far-right views online.

The interior minister said such attacks are a reminder of what he called the "growing threat of extremism" in Germany.

So, how should the government tackle this problem?

Presenter: Nastasya Tay

Guests:

Abdassamad El Yazidi - Secretary-general of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany

Hans-Jakob Schindler - Senior director of the Counter Extremism Project

Eviane Leidig - Centre for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo

Source: Al Jazeera