Police still have to identify the victims of the stadium attack

The identities of six people killed in a shooting at a youth welfare facility in the northern city of Stade have not yet been confirmed, police said.

The victims, four women and two men, were all employees of a youth welfare centre, officials said.

Investigators believe the attack was possibly linked to a custody dispute. The suspect, a 45-year-old man, had taken an appointment at the facility regarding his three-month-old daughter.

Emergency services found four victims dead at the scene, while one died during resuscitation efforts and another later in hospital.

The suspect’s child and his 34-year-old mother were not among the victims.

The alleged attacker, a man of German origin of Turkish origin, was arrested soon after the attack. A 65-year-old woman was also detained on suspicion of driving the vehicle that caused the rampage.

Lower Saxony’s Interior Minister Daniela Behrens called the incident, about 30 kilometers (about 17 miles) west of Hamburg, an isolated case and a “brutal act of violence.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed condolences and said the events were “extremely shocking”.

Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has said he will not resign after the men’s national team’s third consecutive exit from the soccer World Cup.

The former Bayern Munich boss said he is under contract until 2028 and plans to stay unless the German Football Association decides otherwise.

Germany were eliminated after a 4-3 penalty shootout against Paraguay on Monday evening.

Nagelsmann also criticized the referee for not allowing the goal in extra time and called the decision important.

Team director Rudi Völler supported the coach, saying he was “the right person for the position.”

However, former Germany captain Lothar Matthäus said changes may be needed after the latest early exits.

“I think we need to move forward with a new coach after this World Cup. It was too much. There’s probably still a lot of work to do, on and off the field,” he told Germany’s Mass-Circulation. Picture Newspaper.

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Germany is grappling with the shock of yesterday’s mass shooting in the northern city of Stade, which left six people dead.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz was among those expressing grief after the attack.

Meanwhile, German football fans are debating Paraguay’s penalties after their surprise World Cup exit in the first round of the knockout matches.

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