A 45-year-old man shot and killed six workers at a private mother-child welfare center in Stade after a custody dispute over his three-month-old daughter, and police arrested him after stopping his vehicle.The victims, four women and two men, included staff who had travelled from the Hannover youth welfare office; the infant and her 34-year-old mother were present and unharmed.Police said the suspect, a German-born Turkish citizen known for previous threats, had no firearms license and fled with a 65-year-old woman in a Mercedes before officers disabled the vehicle with gunfire and detained both.Investigators say the motive appears personal and not political or clan-related; Chancellor
Friedrich Merz and President
Frank-Walter Steinmeier condemned the attack and authorities continue to comb evidence and plan a memorial.