Berlin: A gunman in a car killed a woman and a cyclist in drive-by shootings in southern Germany today, before police arrested a suspect at a petrol station.
The shooter, travelling in a silver Mercedes convertible, also fired at or threatened a farmer and another motorist, but they were not wounded, police said.
Police arrested the suspect at a petrol station near the shootings that took place in the village of Leutershausen-Tiefenthal near the city of Ansbach in the southern state of Bavaria.
Police had issued a public alert about the gunman at large, warning that he was armed and dangerous, and mobilised all local police as well as helicopters.
After the arrest, police said they presumed the gunman had acted alone.
"At the moment we have no evidence of accomplices, but of course we will keep our eyes open," police spokesman Bert Rauenbush told TV news channel N24.
The shooter's car was registered locally.
The mayor of Leutershausen, Siegfried Hess, said he was "stunned" and told national news agency DPA: "In a place with 5,500 inhabitants where we have always had a quiet life, we only know this kind of situation from television."
The shooter, travelling in a silver Mercedes convertible, also fired at or threatened a farmer and another motorist, but they were not wounded, police said.
Police arrested the suspect at a petrol station near the shootings that took place in the village of Leutershausen-Tiefenthal near the city of Ansbach in the southern state of Bavaria.
After the arrest, police said they presumed the gunman had acted alone.
Advertisement
The shooter's car was registered locally.
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
US Approves Sale Of 600 Patriot Missiles To Germany Norway Man Boards Plane Without Ticket In Germany For Two Days In A Row Germany Sees Bluetongue Virus Outbreak With Over 1,800 Cases This Year Parents Gave Names Of Interns, Doctors To CBI In Kolkata Horror: Sources How Extreme Weather Is Leading To Rise In Child Marriages In Pakistan 3 Days After Big Order On Deposits With SBI And PNB, Karnataka Hits Pause "Far From Over" But Joe Biden Has High Hopes For Gaza Ceasefire Indian Student In UK Develops Revolutionary Carbon-Extracting Biomaterial Video: Woman Tries To Jump Off Mumbai's Atal Setu, Saved By Driver, Cops Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.