A man and a woman were shot dead in a shooting Thursday in Espelkamp, northwestern Germany.
At this stage, the local police do not have any information on the motivations of the shooter and also do not know if the author of the shots is one of the victims or if he fled, said a spokesperson.
According to the Westfalen Blatt and Bild dailies, police have launched a massive manhunt in the area while the fleeing perpetrator is armed, which police have refused to confirm.
A major police deployment is underway in this city of 25,000 inhabitants located between Hanover and Osnabrück.
A drama of "jealousy"?
One of the people was killed in a building while the other was killed in the street, according to the local newspaper.
The police evoke for its part "two places of the crime".
According to the Bild newspaper, which does not cite its sources, this is a drama "of jealousy".
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