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German shooting: Six dead in Rot am See attack | German shooting: Six dead in Rot am See attack |
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Six people have been killed and others wounded in a shooting in the south-west German town of Rot am See. | Six people have been killed and others wounded in a shooting in the south-west German town of Rot am See. |
A suspect was arrested after the attack, which happened in a building close to the railway station. | |
Police in the state of Baden-Württemberg said initial indications suggested the suspect and the victims knew each other. | |
There was no evidence that anyone else was involved in the shooting, they said. | There was no evidence that anyone else was involved in the shooting, they said. |
The Bild website reports that those killed in the attack were family members, but there has been no confirmation from police. | |
Two people were seriously wounded, reports said. | |
The shooting happened at around 12:45 (11:45 GMT) in a building in the Bahnhofstrasse that features a restaurant. Police said they responded with a major operation. | |
Rot am See is a small town of some 5,000 residents in the Schwäbisch Hall district north-east of Stuttgart, and local reports say the suspect is in his 30s. | |
Police appealed to the public not to speculate on what led to the shooting and said further details would be released later on Friday. | |
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