New Delhi (NVI): At least ten people were killed and four others injured in multiple shootings in the German city of Hanau yesterday. A man suspected of killing the people was found dead, along with another body, foreign media reports said today.
The shootings took place in two locations last evening. A police operation was launched to find the suspects, reports said.
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A police officer was quoted as saying by a report that they received information about a fleeing vehicle after the shootings, and that the “alleged killer was found dead” in his apartment, along with “another corpse” early this morning.
Investigations into the identity of the victims and the suspect are underway.
Meanwhile, the apartment where the suspect’s body was found, has been blocked off and was being searched by special forces. There are no indications of other perpetrators, another officer said. They have not yet revealed any suspected motive for the killing.
The spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel also offered condolences to the victims’ families. “Deep sympathy goes to the families affected, who mourn the loss of their dead,” Merkel’s spokesman Steffen wrote in a tweet.
Hanau is about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Frankfurt.
