Konstanz nightclub shooting: Two people killed and four seriously injured in German city
Suspect killed in shootout with police outside Grey nightclub near Swiss border
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Your support makes all the difference.Two people have been killed and four others seriously injured in a shooting at a German nightclub, police said.
The 34-year-old suspect suffered life-threatening injuries in a gunfight with police officers outside the venue in the city of Konstanz, near the Swiss border. He later died in hospital.
Police had rushed to the Grey nightclub on Max-Stromeyer-Strasse shortly after the shooting began around 02:30 GMT.
One person was killed inside the club and three guests were seriously wounded.
A police officer was injured in the exchange of fire with the suspect, but police say his injuries are not life-threatening.
Police later ruled out terrorism as a motive in the shooting. The gunman was identified as an Iraqi citizen who was not an asylum seeker.
Konstanz police spokesman Fritz Bezikofer told the n-tv broadcaster: "The motives of the man who acted alone are unclear.
"We are still investigating but the circumstances surrounding the events at the disco in the evening before the shooting are a bit clearer and this led us to rule out a terrorism background."
Earlier, police said special commando forces and a police helicopter had been deployed in the city as it was initially not clear if the suspect had acted alone or had accomplices.
On Friday, a failed asylum seeker killed one person and injured six others in the northern city of Hamburg.
Officials said he was an Islamist known to security forces and he had was psychologically unstable.
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