Four killed in Germany care clinic attack
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April 30, 2021
BERLIN: Four people have been killed and one person seriously wounded in an attack at a care clinic in Germany, police said on Thursday.
Officers said the victims were subjected to “intense, extreme violence”, but did not give any details around the circumstances of the killings in the eastern city of Potsdam.
A 51-year-old employee has been arrested “under strong suspicion” of carrying out the assault, police said. The motivation for the attack is not known, they added.
Those killed are believed to be patients at the clinic, local newspaper Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten reported.
FOUR people were found dead and another seriously injured at a hospital near Berlin tonight.
Police have arrested a 51-year-old woman, thought to be an employee of the Oberlin Clinic, following the carnage in Potsdam, Germany.
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They found four people dead and a fifth person who was seriously injured.
A police spokesman said that the deaths were the result of violence and that the 51-year-old was the prime suspect.
The victims showed signs of significant external violence, police spokesman Thorsten Herbst added.
Herbst said the detained woman was suspected of the killings, but declined to immediately provide further details.
Local newspaper Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten has reported the victims were patients at the clinic and the detained woman was an employee.
4 killed, 1 wounded, in Germany care clinic attack
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51-year-old employee arrested under strong suspicion.
Four people have been killed and one person seriously wounded in an attack at a care clinic in Germany, police said Thursday.
Officers said the victims were subjected to intense, extreme violence , but did not give any details around the circumstances of the killings in the eastern city of Potsdam.
A 51-year-old employee has been arrested under strong suspicion of carrying out the assault, police said.
The motivation for the attack is not known, they added.
Those killed are believed to be patients at the clinic, local newspaper Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten reported.
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1of6Paramedics leave the Oberlin Clinic hospital in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. German news agency dpa reported Wednesday that four people have been killed at the hospital in the eastern city of Potsdam and that a 51-year-old woman has been arrested. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)Paul Zinken/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6People stand in front of the Oberlin Clinic hospital in Potsdam, Germany, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. German news agency dpa reported Wednesday that four people have been killed at the hospital in the eastern city of Potsdam and that a 51-year-old woman has been arrested. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)Paul Zinken/APShow MoreShow Less