Atleast 5 people were killed after a shooting rocked the northern German city of Stade on Monday, triggering a massive police operation.
Authorities have arrested two suspects, while investigators are working to determine the motive behind the attack.
According to police, shots were fired near a youth facility, and they are currently conducting a large-scale operation outside the town centre. "We ask you to leave the area and give it a wide berth for your own safety," police said in a post on social media platform X.
Five people, including four women and one man, died at the scene of the shooting, officials said. A sixth, also an adult, later died at a hospital.
Stade has a population of around 50,000 people and is west of Hamburg.
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Five people - four women and one man - died at the scene of the shooting in Stade, police said. A sixth, also an adult, died later at a hospital.
Police said several people were wounded, some of them seriously, German news agency dpa reported, but they did not give a specific figure or information on the victims' identity.
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Vitali Mertens, who lives across the street from the scene, said he heard gunshots and "the whole area was cordoned off right away." He added that "the police sent me away."
Germany's gun laws are more restrictive than those in the United States, and mass shootings are rare but not unheard-of.
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No further danger to the public after deadly shootings in Germany, police said, adding that the situation is now under control and there is no ongoing threat.
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Two suspects have been arrested, a police spokesperson told news agency AFP. According to police, shots were fired near a youth facility, and they are currently conducting a large-scale operation outside the town centre. "We ask you to leave the area and give it a wide berth for your own safety," police said in an X post.
