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By Christina Amann and Rachel Extra
BERLIN (Reuters) -A suspect was detained after a taking pictures at a Mercedes-Benz plant in southwestern Germany left two folks lifeless on Thursday, including to strain on Germany to tighten its already-strict gun legal guidelines.
The suspect was recognized as a 53-year-old man.
Mercedes-Benz mentioned two folks had died. The Stuttgart prosecutor confirmed {that a} second particular person had died and mentioned nobody else was injured.
“One particular person is in police custody. The individuals are staff of an exterior service supplier,” Mercedes mentioned in an announcement.
Investigators are engaged on the belief of a single perpetrator within the taking pictures, and that no people outdoors the manufacturing facility had been concerned, a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.
The incident was the newest of various mass shootings in Germany lately, lots of which had a reference to extremism.
The German authorities had vowed to tighten its gun legal guidelines additional after a gunman opened hearth on folks gathered in a Jehovah’s Witnesses corridor in Hamburg in March, killing six.
Germany outlawed sure giant magazines in 2020 and conducts five-yearly checks on gun homeowners to determine whether or not their possession of a weapon is justified.
Mercedes-Benz produces its flagship S-Class luxurious sedan on the location in Sindelfingen, situated some 17 kilometres southwest of Stuttgart. Some 35,000 individuals are employed on the web site.
Mercedes mentioned there was not any hazard to locals or colleagues in Sindelfingen.
“We’re deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic information from Sindelfingen this morning. Our ideas are with the victims, their households and all colleagues on web site,” it mentioned in an announcement.
Police and emergency responders remained on the scene. Emergency companies had been first notified of the incident at 7:45 am (0545 GMT).
In 2012, a taking pictures at a manufacturing facility web site for expertise agency 3M within the western German city of Hilden left one lifeless and 4 injured.
