The victims of the neo-Nazi NSU murder spree
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10 victims, 10 tragedies: nine of the 10 victims were of foreign heritage, but they had all made Germany their home when they were killed. The 10th victim was a German police officer. Every one of them was shot in cold blood -
Enver Simsek: on 9 September 2000, the florist Enver Simsek, pictured with his wife, was shot eight times. The 38-year-old father of two sold flowers near a small parking lot in the southern city of Nuremberg. Simsek, who migrated from Turkey to Germany in 1986, is believed to be the first murder victim in the NSU series of racially motivated killings -
Abdurrahim Ozudogru: also in Nuremberg, Turkish-born tailor Abdurrahim Ozudogru was shot on 13 June 2001 in his alteration shop. He was 49 years old with a daughter who was 19 at the time of his murder -
Suleyman Taskopru: later that month, on 27 June 2001, Suleyman Taskopru was shot dead in his father's fruit and vegetable shop in Hamburg. He was 31 years old and had a three-year-old daughter -
Habil Kilic: on 29 August of the same year, 38-year-old Habil Kilic, who was also a fruit and vegetable grocer, was killed in his shop in Munich. Like Taskopru, he was shot in the head. His wife and his 12-year-old daughter later left Germany -
Mehmet Turgut: Mehmet Turgut lived in Hamburg, but was visiting a friend in the eastern German city of Rostock and helping out at a doner kebab fast food restaurant when he was shot on 25 February 2004. He was killed by three bullets to the head -
Ismail Yasar: Ismail Yasar was shot five times in his doner kebab restaurant in Nuremberg on 9 June 2005. A customer found him behind the counter. The 50-year-old had three children -
Theodoros Boulgarides: just a few days later, on 15 June 2005, Theodoros Boulgarides was shot dead in Munich in his lock and key service shop. He was the only victim with Greek heritage. The 41-year-old father of two was the NSU's seventh murder victim -
Mehmet Kubasik: on a busy street at noon on 4 April 2006 in the western city of Dortmund, Turkish-born Mehmet Kubasik was killed by several shots to the head in his small convenience store. The 39-year-old left behind a wife and three children -
Halit Yozgat: in Kassel on 6 April 2006, Halit Yozgat was also shot in the head. He was killed in the Internet cafe he ran with his father. Twenty-one years old, Turkish-born but with a German passport, Yozgat was taking night school classes to graduate from high school -
Michele Kiesewetter: Michele Kiesewetter, a 22-year-old police officer, was shot dead on 25 April 2007 in the southwestern city of Heilbronn. She was the NSU's 10th and final murder victim