A man opened fire at a Mercedes-Benz factory in southwestern Germany on Thursday, leaving two people dead, authorities the company said, APA reports citing Associated Press.
The shooting occurred in Sindelfingen, a city near Stuttgart. The suspect, a 53-year-old man, was taken into custody, a spokesman for the Stuttgart prosecutor’s office said.
Police tweeted that there was no further danger to employees at the plant. Information about the suspect’s motive was not immediately available.
In a statement, Mercedes-Benz said that two people were killed at its Sindelfingen plant and said it was “deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic news.”
“Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and all colleagues on site,” the company’s statement said.
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