Fahrer, der bei einem Amoklauf am Weihnachtstag einen Mann ermordet und andere verletzt hat, wird zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt

Could someone tell me what possibly relevance the fact some of his victims were non white or gay ?
To me it should not make the blindest bit of difference. If someone gets murdered the perpetrator should get the same sentence regardless of if the victim is white, black, gay, straight, disabled, male, female whatever.