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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin and agencies

Six adults killed in shooting at youth welfare facility in Stade, Germany

German police vehicles and officers patrol an area near a mass shooting in Stade
Police officers at the scene of the shooting in Stade. Photograph: Marcus Golejewski/DPA/AP

Four women and two men have been killed in a shooting at a youth welfare facility ⁠in northern Germany, police said. Two people including the suspected ⁠shooter were arrested.

The incident took place in Stade, a city close to the port city of Hamburg, on Monday afternoon. Police said the victims, employees of the shelter, were all shot inside the building. Five died at the scene and the sixth died in hospital. Police said the death toll could rise.

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