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| Berlin hospital shooting: Patient shoots dead 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. |
| Berlin police initially said the doctor had suffered life-threatening injuries, but later said he had died. | Berlin police initially said the doctor had suffered life-threatening injuries, but later said he had died. |
| The attacker was a 72-year-old patient at the jaw and face surgery unit of the Benjamin Franklin campus of the Charite university hospital, located in the southwestern neighbourhood of Steglitz. | The attacker was a 72-year-old patient at the jaw and face surgery unit of the Benjamin Franklin campus of the Charite university hospital, located 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. |
| Winfrid Wenzel, a spokesman for Berlin police, said the crime took place in the jaw surgery area of an outpatient clinic where the doctor was in a treatment session with the patient. | Winfrid Wenzel, a spokesman for Berlin police, said the crime took place in the jaw surgery area of an outpatient clinic where the doctor was in a treatment session with the patient. |
| "In the course of the consultation, the patient pulled out a gun and fired several shots at the doctor. The attacker then directly turned the gun on himself and died as a result of the shots," Wenzel told Reuters TV. | "In the course of the consultation, the patient pulled out a gun and fired several shots at the doctor. The attacker then directly turned the gun on himself and died as a result of the shots," Wenzel told Reuters TV. |
| He said police did not yet have information on the suspect's background, history, personal details or motivation, but added: "We do not have a single indication that this crime was motivated by extremism or Islamists." | He said police did not yet have information on the suspect's background, history, personal details or motivation, but added: "We do not have a single indication that this crime was motivated by extremism or Islamists." |
| 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. |