A NEO-Nazi maniac vowed to "kill as many Jews as possible" before he murdered two in a gun and grenade attack on a synagogue yesterday.

The gunman - who is now in custody - live-streamed the chaos on social media after mounting a camera to his helmet and opening fire in the city of Halle, Germany.

22 The gunman has been named locally as Stephan Balliat Credit: Twitter

22 German special police escorts the suspect prior to a hearing at the Federal Court in Karlsruhe Credit: Reuters

22 Shocking footage showed a gunman opening fire in the streets of Halle Credit: MDR Extra 22 A video clip shows the suspected neo-Nazi Stephan Balliet with a rifle in Halle, Germany Credit: EPA

22 This shocking photo shows the man near a kebab shop which was also targeted 22 Footage shows the gunman with what appears to be a GoPro mounted on a helmet

The suspect, named locally as 27-year-old Stephan Balliet, also turned the camera on himself as he launched into a hateful rant about Jews and feminists.

At one point he told viewers his mission was too "kill as many anti-whites as possible, Jews preferred."

Today prosecutors said the suspect was intent on carrying out a "massacre" when he attacked a synagogue with 80 worshippers inside celebrating Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year.

Cops are also investigating how he got hold of materials for 9 lbs of homemade explosives found in his car.

Germany's chief federal prosecutor Peter Frank said: "What we experienced yesterday was terror," adding the gunman wanted to create a "worldwide effect" by livestreaming his attack

Heiko Maas, Germany's minister for foreign affairs, said last night: "A shooting at Halle synagogue on Yom Kippur hits us all in the heart."

Worshippers were barricaded inside the synagogue as the maniac shot at the door and tried to storm in.

He failed to get inside, threw homemade grenades under a gate to a Jewish cemetery and shot dead a woman who got off a tram.

He was then attacked a kebab shop where another victim was shot dead as staff and diners cowered in a toilet.

Images later emerged showing a maniac stalking the street outside the takeaway with a shotgun.

One witness said: "The man came up to the doner shop, he threw something like a grenade, it didn't explode, and he opened fire with an assault rifle.

"The man behind me must have died... I hid in the toilet."

Video also showed the man wearing a helmet with a mounted camera firing from what appears to be an adapted shotgun from behind a car.

His 35-minute livestream footage was shared on Twitch and other networks where it was viewed by thousands. The Sun Online has chosen not to show it.

The attack has chilling similarities to the methods used by far-right gunman Brenton Tarrant during the Christchurch massacre.

Tarrant infamously used a GoPro camera to live-stream himself killing of 51 people and wounding 49 at two mosques.

It is thought that far-right extremists have already embraced the Halle gunman as a "saint", the same title that was also given to Tarrant.

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Cops in the city of Halle and nearby Landsberg earlier warned locals to stay inside while they hunted down the suspect and other potential members of the armed gang.

They now believe there was only one attacker, who is being held on suspicion of two murders and nine attempted murders.

The first attack took place on Humboldtstrasse in Halle, which houses a synagogue and Jewish cemetery.

It came after a series of police raids the previous night in connection with threatening far-right emails sent to mosques, political parties and migrant reception centres across Germany.

22 A body lying in the street is covered as police block the area around the site of a shooting

22 A bullet hole in a window near to the synagogue Credit: Reuters

22 The damaged door of the synagogue is seen scattered with bullet holes Credit: Reuters

22 Policemen stand armed behind a monument near the synagogue Credit: AFP

22 People came to light candles and lay flowers at a market place close to the scene

22 Credit: Reuters

Shotgun casings at the scene of the shooting in the eastern German city

22 Hundreds of armed cops are now patrolling the streets of Halle Credit: AFP

22 Armed cops scale a wall near the synagogue Credit: AP:Associated Press

22 Relieved worshippers were photographed leaving the synagogue after the attack was over Credit: Getty Images - Getty

22 The faithful had come to atone for their sins on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year Credit: Getty Images - Getty

22 Separate reports claim a kebab shop was also targeted Credit: AP:Associated Press

22 Arned police are now hunting multiple suspects following the bloodshed Credit: Reuters

22 An armed tank is bought in as police secure the area between Wiedersdorf and Landsberg Credit: AFP or licensors

22 Cops have sealed off the roads surrounding the synagogue Credit: Reuters

22 One man has been arrested following today's shooting Credit: Reuters