STADE, (Germany): Five people were shot dead at a youth welfare facility in Germany on Monday and the suspected gunman was arrested, police said, in one of the country’s deadliest shootings in years.
Police in bulletproof vests and several ambulances were seen at the cordoned-off site in the northern city of Stade, west of Hamburg, in the wake of the gun rampage.
“Homicides involving multiple victims occurred at a youth welfare facility” in the city, police said about the shooting at a centre also believed to house mother-and-child residential groups.
“Five people were fatally injured and additional individuals sustained injuries,” police said. The suspected gunman and a second alleged perpetrator were arrested, police said, adding that there was no longer any danger to the public.
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