A 21 year old German man has been accused of shooting at the shelter from his third floor apartment, only 40 meters away from the camp in western Germany.
 
Police searched the man’s apartment and reportedly removed the air rifle and munitions.
 
Surprisingly enough, the suspect was not arrested as “there were no ground for arrest”, a police spokeswoman said.
 
The police confirmed the investigation was ongoing, adding “it is unclear if the act was politically motivated”.
 
The mother of the 5 year old girl initially thought someone had thrown a stone at her daughter. However, a witness saw the suspect shooting the second victim, an 18 year old Syrian teenager, in the leg.
 
During 2015, about 1.000 far right offences were reported targeting refugees in shelters.
 
In January, a hand grenade was thrown into a refugee shelter following the Cologne attacks. Police said it was pure luck the grenade did not detonate. 
 
In February, onlookers were recorded on video cheering as a hotel used as a refugee shelter in the town of Bautzen went up in flames in a suspected arson attack.