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A perpetrator who is said to have been armed with a rifle is dead, according to the police. Now one of the victims has died from the injuries, German media report.
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It was previously reported that four people were injured, and that the condition of at least some of them has been serious. One of these four has now died from the injuries, reports the news agency DPA and several German media.
The incident took place at Heidelberg University in Mannheim, Germany.
At least four people were injured, police write in one press release. The police assume that there is no longer any danger.
The police in Mannheim also state that the suspected perpetrator is dead. They also report that there is no danger anymore.
The perpetrator is said to have shot around in a lecture hall at the university. He must then have run out. Police believe the perpetrator acted alone.
– The information we have at the moment is that the perpetrator shot himself, says Dennis Heifner, spokesman for the police in Mannheim to VG.
The police are still working to clarify what has happened. There are large forces on site and parts of the area are cordoned off.
The perpetrator was himself a student at the university.
There are no indications that the attack was politically or religiously motivated now, according to Reuters.
The police have asked students to stay away from the area Neuenheime Feld in Heidelberg, writes Southwest Broadcasting (SWR).
Here the incident must have happened:
