Five people dead in shooting in northern Germany, police say
Police said five adults were killed and several others were injured, while investigators said the motive remains unclear.
- Five people were killed in a shooting in the northern German city of Stade on Monday, June 29, 2026, sparking a major police operation in the city center.
- The Hanseatic city of Stade, with 50,000 inhabitants, is located about 40 kilometres from Hamburg. Police concentrated their operation on Dankersstraße in the city center.
- Bild reported the shooting occurred at around 1.45 p.m. local time. The Lüneburg Police Department posted on X, "Avoid the area as far as possible!" while sharing updates via WhatsApp.
- A male suspect was arrested following the shooting near a youth facility. Police stated the motive for the attack remains unclear as investigations continue in Lower Saxony.
- Stade is part of the Hamburg metropolitan region and serves as the western gateway to the Altes Land, Germany's largest contiguous fruit-growing area.
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5 Killed in Shooting in Germany
Five people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said. Two people were arrested, reports the AP , including the suspected shooter. Other people were wounded, police said, but they did not give a figure. Police said the...
Incident occurred in a youth center in Stade, a city of 50,000 inhabitants west of Hamburg. Five people died and 'various' were injured, according to local police.
Five people died this Monday, June 29, in a shooting that occurred at a youth center in the town of Stade, in northern Germany.
5 dead in shooting at German youth welfare centre
Police officers stand guard near the scene where five people were killed in a shooting in Stade, northern Germany, a city some 50km west of Hamburg. (AFP pic) STADE: Five people were shot dead at a youth welfare centre in Germany Monday and the suspected gunman has been arrested, police said, in one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings in years. Police in protective vests and ambulances were seen in large numbers at the site in the northern…
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