Six adults killed in shooting at youth welfare facility in Stade, Germany

Five women among the dead and two people arrested after incident in town west of Hamburg

Five women and a man have been killed in a shooting at a youth welfare facility ⁠in north Germany, police said. Two people including the suspected ⁠shooter were arrested.

The incident took place in Stade, a town close to the port city of Hamburg, on Monday afternoon. Police said the victims were all shot inside the building. Five died at the scene and the sixth died in hospital. Police said the death toll could rise.