At least six people have been killed in a shooting in the northern German city of Stade, the police have said.

“Shots were fired near a youth welfare center in the city center,” a police official told Germany’s dpa news agency.

Four women and two men are among the victims, Kathrin Schuol, a spokeswoman for the local police department told a press conference on Monday evening, adding that all of them were either employees of the facility or officials from the local child services department.

Several people have been injured in the incident, according to law enforcement officials. Five people died on the spot and one person succumbed to their…

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