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Two people have been killed in an attack at a courthouse in Frankfurt, police say. Two men have been killed in a shooting and stabbing at a court complex in Frankfurt in what may have been a revenge attack, authorities said.
The force wrote on Twitter that a shooting and stabbing at the state court in Germany's financial capital resulted in the two deaths. Frankfurt prosecutors said the case appeared to be linked to the fatal stabbing of a car dealer near Frankfurt in 2007, which the court was considering this week, news agency dpa reported.
The police spokesman Rüdiger Reges told N24 television that the attacker is believed to have fired shots in a courtyard of the courthouse on Friday, killing one of the victims. The other victim apparently fled inside the building, but the assailant followed and stabbed him. Deputy police chief Gerhard Bereswill said the suspected assailant is believed to be the brother of the 2007 victim and was injured himself in the earlier attack, while the two men who died on Friday – also car dealers – were suspects.
He said the suspected attacker ran away but was arrested near the courthouse. There was no immediate word on a possible motive, or the identities of the victims or assailant. The suspect is believed to have fired shots in a courtyard at the courthouse in the German financial capital at about 8.45am, fatally wounding one of the victims. The other apparently fled inside the building, but the assailant followed and stabbed him, police spokesman Ruediger Reges told N24 television.
The two victims were aged 45 and 50. One died at the scene and the other shortly afterwards at a hospital, police said.
The suspected attacker fled on foot but was arrested near the courthouse, he said. A police statement said he was a 47-year-old Afghan national and resident of Eschborn, a town near Frankfurt.