Overview
- Local police responded to shots fired at a youth-care and residential support centre on Dankersstrasse in Stade on Monday and secured the site.
- Authorities have confirmed six people were killed and several others were wounded with some in serious condition.
- Two suspects have been detained and police are treating a family-related motive as the working hypothesis while investigations continue.
- The targeted facility houses services and temporary homes for young mothers and children, heightening concern in the town of about 50,000 people.
- Police have warned the public against spreading unverified reports and investigators said they will prioritize confirming identities, motive and the full sequence of events.