Gunman kills six in Germany attack

FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Six people were killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting in southwestern Germany, police said on Friday. The shooter, believed to have a personal motive, launched an assault in the town of Rot am See.

Police in nearby Aalen told AFP a man with a personal connection to the victims had been arrested and there was no indication that other gunmen were involved. The police told local TV that the suspect was a German. After the shooting at around 12:45 (1145 GMT), police arrived on the scene to find the dead and wounded in and around a local hotel.

The Bild newspaper reported that the people killed were family members of the shooter, adding that the perpetrator was a man born in 1983. Police were unable to confirm details of the relationships or the identity of the shooter. The shooting took place near the train station at Rot am See, a town of 5,200 residents near Heidelberg. Aalen police urged people to “refrain from speculation” about the shootings in a message on Twitter.