6 killed in shooting at shelter for mothers, children in Germany
Posted on: Jun 29, 2026 23:27 IST | Posted by: Cbc
6 people were killed in a shot at a shelter for mothers and children in northern federal republic of germany.
law said triplet people were detained, including the suspected shooter, and that all the fatalities were adults. Footage released by the Bild newspaper showed police surrounding and detaining two people from a car that was driving down a road with a flat tire.
Police called the incident a homicide with multiple victims in the town of Stade near the port city of Hamburg. They did not give a motive. Der Spiegel news outlet, citing information it obtained, said it was likely a personal rather than political or extremist matter.
Police had warned people to stay away from the area where the incident took place, but later said there was no danger to the general public.
German media reports initially said four women and one man had been killed. Police later said a sixth adult had died in hospital of wounds.
Footage posted by Bild showed a car with a flat right tire slowing to a halt in a tree-lined road. Police with guns then ran toward the car and detained two people who were made to lie flat on the ground.
Shooting kills 6 at Jehovah's Witnesses hall in Hamburg
Police cordoned off the area near the facility, and forensic experts in white suits and plainclothes police were at the scene.
Mass shootings are rare in Germany, especially when compared to the United States. In 2023, a gunman in Hamburg shot dead six people before killing himself at a Jehovah's Witness worship hall. In 2016, an 18-year-old German-Iranian man who was obsessed with mass killings killed at least nine people in Munich.
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