Germany: Shooting in Rot am See, six killed!!

German authorities confirmed on Friday that six people were killed in a building in the southwestern town of Rot am See, near Aalen in Baden-Württemberg. Two other victims were being treated in a local hospital, one with life-threatening injuries.


Aalen police told reporters that they believed some or all of the victims were members of the 26-year-old suspect's family. Officers were able to "have a coherent conversation" with him, they said, but still could not ascertain his motive.


Three of the those killed were men aged 36, 65 und 69, while the three others were women aged 36, 56 und 62. The police confirmed that two of the deceased were the suspect's parents.

Two people were found inside the house, and four people in front of it.