The suspected shooter in an attack at a German mother-and-child shelter was involved in a custody dispute at the centre, according to police.
A gunman opened fire at a shelter for mothers and children in Stade, northern Germany, on Monday afternoon, resulting in the deaths of six people. Emergency services responded to the incident around 12:15pm, with five adults dying at the scene and a sixth later succumbing to injuries in hospital.
Police detained three individuals, including the suspected shooter, identified as a 45-year-old German man of Turkish descent.
Authorities stated the shooting stemmed from a "custody dispute" between the suspect and the mother of his three-month-old daughter, who resided at the facility, though neither the mother nor the child were among the fatalities.
Lower Saxony's interior minister, Daniela Behrens, described the event as an "extremely cold-blooded act of violence" but confirmed it was not believed to be politically motivated or an extremist act.
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