In Dänischenhagen in Schleswig-Holstein an armed man shot two people on Wednesday. As the police and public prosecutor in Kiel announced, the alleged perpetrator then apparently took a car to the nearby state capital. According to the investigating authorities, emergency services were also looking for the suspect there. There was a larger corresponding operation, the police cordoned off the brewery district in Kiel. A white SUV, which can possibly be assigned to the perpetrator, is said to have been seen there, as a spokeswoman for the state police office said on Wednesday.
At the moment one has to assume that the perpetrator is still armed. Two lifeless people had previously been discovered in a semi-detached house in a house in Dänischenhagen. There is a male and a female person. The police were alerted about the shooting. According to the police, various shells were found at the crime scene. The police are on site with a large number. According to the information, nothing is known about the background to the crime. The police emphasize, however, that there is no rampage. In a tweet from the Kiel city administration, there was initially talk of a "suspicion" of a rampage. Citizens along some streets have been asked to stay inside.
According to investigators, the killing occurred in the small community of Dänischenhagen around eleven o'clock. Shots were fired in a twin house, and according to initial reports from the scene of operations, a man and a woman died. The perpetrator then fled in a car. The authorities did not initially provide any further details.