German investigators have uncovered about 400 cases of online hate speech in connection with last week's killing of two police officers, apparently by poachers to avoid arrest, officials said.
Of the 399 postings on the Internet, 102 are "relevant to a criminal investigation," and in 15 cases police have already found those responsible, officials in the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate said.
Regarding the postings on the Internet, the Ministry of the Interior of the regional government stated that it will not tolerate people "celebrating the cold-blooded murder" of two police officers and "making fun of the victims".
Early last Monday morning, two men fired hunting weapons at police officers who found them on a country road with wild animals in a van. The suspects were arrested a few hours after the attack.
Late last week, a man was arrested over a video of a masked speaker urging people to lure police officers onto country roads to be killed.
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