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Six dead after shooting attack in Germany

cde.news desk 24 January 2020, 14:57 · 1 min read

epa08160026 Police investigates the crime scene at a restaurant after a shooting in Rot am See, Germany, 24 January 2020.According to a police report a shooting caused several injured and possible fatalities. One suspect is under arrest. Initial media reports said that six people were killed. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK

Update: A 26-year-old man is believed to have shot dead his mother and father and four other people in a town in southwest Germany on Friday, police said, leaving two others seriously wounded.

Earlier: Police said a suspect had been arrested following the attack at a building in the town of Rot am See at 12.45pm.

“Several injuries, probably dead in a building,” announced the local force based in the city of Aalen, in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

German authorities tweeted Friday that several people have been left injured and some “presumably” dead in a building in the southwestern town of Rot am See near Aalen in Baden-Württemberg.

Police said that preliminary indications show that the shooting was linked to “a personal relationship” conflict and tweeted that the suspect was arrested shortly after the attack

via The Independent / DW

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