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- Jul 22
Stade mass shooting suspect dies by suicide in custody, CDU demands answers from justice minister
The 45-year-old suspect in the Stade mass shooting that killed six people was found dead in his cell at Bremervörde prison on Tuesday morning. The CDU opposition accuses Lower Saxony's justice minister of serious failures, saying the man should have been under constant surveillance.
- Jul 1
Six people shot dead in Stade youth welfare facility; custody dispute suspected as motive
A 45-year-old man fatally shot six employees of a youth welfare office and a mother-child facility in Stade, Lower Saxony, after a scheduled meeting about the custody of his infant daughter. Prosecutors are treating the case as a sixfold murder.
- Jun 29
Child custody dispute triggers shooting at German welfare facility, six dead
Police have arrested a 45-year-old man after a shooting at a mother-and-child welfare facility in Stade, Germany, that killed six employees and injured several others. The attack stemmed from a family custody dispute over the suspect's three-month-old daughter.
- Jun 29
Father kills six youth welfare workers in Stade after custody hearing; police form murder commission
A 45-year-old man opened fire during a child-protection meeting at a mother-and-child home in Stade, killing four women and two men. The victims were employees of the youth welfare office and the facility. The attack followed a custody dispute over the man's three-month-old daughter.
