Key takeaways:
- Police said five people were killed in a shooting Monday at a youth welfare facility in Stade, northern Germany.
- Two people were arrested, including one person believed to be the suspected shooter.
- Police reported additional injuries but did not give a figure, and said there was no ongoing threat to the public.
Five people were killed Monday in a shooting at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said, and two people were taken into custody, including the suspected shooter.
Police said others were injured in the attack, but they did not provide a number. Authorities also have not released the ages of the victims or any possible motive.
The shooting took place at a facility south of Stade’s town center. A police spokesperson told the BBC that two people had been arrested, one of whom was a suspect. CBS News reported, citing police, that one of the two people arrested is believed to have fired the shots.
Police said there was no ongoing danger to the public. Large numbers of emergency personnel were at the scene, and police advised people to avoid the area while the response continued.
Authorities said they were working to establish the background to the incident.
Stade is a town of about 50,000 people located west of Hamburg, about 25 miles from the city. Germany has relatively strict gun ownership laws compared with some countries, and mass shootings are rare but have occurred.
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