Shooting in Germany, two officials killed! The perpetrator is arrested after several hours

German police arrested a man in his 60s in the early hours of Friday morning, who is suspected of shooting and killing two district officials during a routine firearms inspection in the southern state of Bavaria, the authorities said.

The suspect was lightly wounded by a police bullet during the operation to arrest him, a police spokeswoman said. The motive remains undetermined at this stage.

According to initial reports, the man shot and killed two civil servants, a 54-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman, who worked for the Neumarkt district, during an inspection in the town of Berngau yesterday afternoon. He then holed up in a building for hours.

Police surrounded the building and called in special forces units. The operation lasted for hours. The authorities called on residents to stay in their homes or at least away from the perimeter.

During the operation, police contacted the suspected killer asking him to surrender, but he made it clear that he would not do so, that he would resist.

Police stormed the area where he was using explosives and the 60-year-old was lightly wounded in the leg by a bullet they fired, police said. He was given medical treatment.

Last night, police initially reported that a Neumarkt district employee had been killed and a colleague of his seriously wounded in a shooting, before clarifying that the woman had also died.

“I think she died immediately,” a police spokesman said, withdrawing the initial report.