In this image taken from a video, emergency responders, residents and police in Stade, Germany, Monday, June 29, 2026 after five people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said. (NWM-TV via AP)
In this image taken from a video, emergency responders, residents and police in Stade, Germany, Monday, June 29, 2026 after five people were killed in a shooting on Monday at a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade, police said. (NWM-TV via AP)
Emergency responders and forensic investigators in Stade, Germany, Monday, June 29, 2026 as police say five people have been killed in a shooting. (Fabian Höfig/NEWS5/dpa via AP)
Map showing the location of Stade in Germany. (AP Digital Embed)
Forensic investigators on a street in Stade, Germany Monday, June 29, 2026 following a shooting. (Ulrich Perrey/dpa/dpa via AP)
BERLIN (AP) — A shooting at a youth welfare facility in northern Germany on Monday left six people dead, police said. The suspected shooter was arrested.
Five people – four women and one man – died at the scene of the shooting in Stade, police said. A sixth, also an adult, died later at a hospital.
Police said several people were wounded, some of them seriously, German news agency dpa reported, but they did not give a specific figure or information on the victims’ identity.
Police said the shooting took place in the facility on Dankersstrasse, a street south of the town center. The facility includes temporary accommodation for pregnant women or young mothers with children.
There was no immediate word on a possible motive.
A main suspect was arrested, while another two people were subject to “police measures” on suspicion of involvement, police said in a statement. They didn't elaborate.
Video footage after the shooting showed a large police presence, along with other emergency service personnel and several ambulances on a residential street.
Germany’s gun laws are more restrictive than those in the United States, and mass shootings are rare but not unheard of.
Vitali Mertens, who lives across the street from the scene, said he heard gunshots and “the whole area was cordoned off right away.”
Stade has about 50,000 inhabitants and is located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Hamburg.
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