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| Berlin hospital shooting: Patient shoots and kills doctor before turning gun on himself | Berlin hospital shooting: Patient shoots and kills doctor before turning gun on himself |
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| Police are investigating after a patient shot and killed a doctor before turning the gun on himself at a hospital in Berlin, Germany. | Police are investigating after a patient shot and killed a doctor before turning the gun on himself at a hospital in Berlin, Germany. |
| German police said the doctor later died of their injuries, adding no one else was injured and saying they had no indications there were other perpetrators. | |
| Shots were reported around 1pm local time at the Benjamin Franklin campus of the Charite university hospital in the southwestern neighbourhood of Steglitz. | Shots were reported around 1pm local time at the Benjamin Franklin campus of the Charite university hospital in the southwestern neighbourhood of Steglitz. |
| There were "no signs at all" the shooting was linked to terrorism, police said. | There were "no signs at all" the shooting was linked to terrorism, police said. |
| A spokeswoman for the Benjamin Franklin campus of the Charite university hospital had no immediate comment. | A spokeswoman for the Benjamin Franklin campus of the Charite university hospital had no immediate comment. |
| The shooting follows four other attacks in Germany since 18 July that have left 10 people dead and dozens injured. | The shooting follows four other attacks in Germany since 18 July that have left 10 people dead and dozens injured. |
| A 17-year-old Afghan injured four people in an axe attack on a train in Wuerzburg on 18 July. | A 17-year-old Afghan injured four people in an axe attack on a train in Wuerzburg on 18 July. |
| On Friday, an 18 year-old German-Iranian "obsessed with mass shootings" killed nine people and injured 26 in a shooting spree at a shopping centre in Munich. | On Friday, an 18 year-old German-Iranian "obsessed with mass shootings" killed nine people and injured 26 in a shooting spree at a shopping centre in Munich. |
| On Sunday, a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up and injured 15 other people outside a crowded music festival. | On Sunday, a suspected suicide bomber blew himself up and injured 15 other people outside a crowded music festival. |
| Earlier that day, a Syrian refugee killed a pregnant woman and injured two others in a machete attack near Stuttgart. | Earlier that day, a Syrian refugee killed a pregnant woman and injured two others in a machete attack near Stuttgart. |