Most of the victims were small business owners , including doner kebab vendors and greengrocers . They were murdered in daylight with gunshots to the face at close range with a silenced CZ 83 pistol . According to the parents of a Turkish victim who worked in an Internet café , the police originally suspected foreign organised criminals . Policewoman Michèle Kiesewetter was also shot and killed and the police officer on patrol with her was critically wounded . Other crimes , including a bomb attack , may have been committed by the group . German authorities identified three suspects , Uwe Böhnhardt , Uwe Mundlos , and Beate Zschäpe as responsible for the murders . According to the acting Attorney General of Germany , Rainer Greisbaum , the suspects had Neo-Nazi links . Böhnhardt and Mundlos were found dead by police after they robbed a bank on 4 November 2011 . Police said they killed themselves . Zschäpe surrendered on 11 November 2011 . She was charged with murder , attempted murder , arson , and belonging to a terrorist organization . Zschäpe said she was only willing to testify if she was considered a state witness , with mitigation of sentence . The police discovered an alleged hit-list of 88 names that included " two prominent members of the Bundestag and representatives of Turkish and Islamic groups "
a bomb attack
2004 Cologne bombing
National Socialist Underground murders