Two dead in Germany after mass shooting at Mercedes-Benz plant

A Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, Germany was the scene of a fatal shooting on Thursday.

Police received the first calls to report the fatal crash at around 7.45am on Thursday.

“Gunshots were fired on the Sindelfingen factory premises this morning. Two people were injured, one of whom died,” a spokesman for the Stuttgart public prosecutor’s office said the day after.

The second victim later succumbed to her wounds and died.

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Sindelfingen shoots Germany Mercedes-Benz

Rescue teams stand in front of Factory 56 at the German carmaker Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen in southern Germany after shots were fired at the plant on May 11, 2023. One person was killed and a Another was seriously injured at the factory, police said after the attack, adding that a suspect had been arrested. The second victim was later pronounced dead. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)

The suspect is reportedly a 53-year-old man who worked at the sprawling Sindelfingen factory near Stuttgart.

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SINDELFINGEN Mercedes Benz plant

Workers assemble S-Class sedans on the assembly line at Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images)

The factory employs over 35,000 workers and produces a wide range of luxury sedans for Mercedes-Benz.

Mercedes-Benz said the company was “deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic news” in a press release.

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SINDELFINGEN Mercedes Benz shooting

An ambulance in front of a Mercedes-Benz production plant after a fire on May 11, 2023 in Sindelfingen, Germany. ((Photo by Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty Images))

“Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and all colleagues at the scene,” the automaker added.

Photos from the scene of the tragedy show German police vehicles and ambulances arriving en masse at the car factory in the aftermath of the shooting.

German police shoot Sindelfingen

Police emergency vehicles are parked at a Mercedes-Benz plant. In the morning, one person was killed and one seriously injured on the factory premises. According to a police spokeswoman, however, there was no danger to the population. (Photo by Julian Rettig/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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The alleged attacker was arrested, but the motive has not been disclosed at the moment.

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