German man arrested after shooting near Dutch border
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- Dutch police arrested a 56-year-old German suspect after shots were fired in a residential street in Stein, near the border with North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Officers found two men at the scene, one of whom was injured, while the circumstances behind the shooting remained unclear.
A 56-year-old German man was arrested after a shooting in Stein, a town in the southern Netherlands near the border with North Rhine-Westphalia.
Police said shots were fired around midday on a street lined with terraced houses. Officers responding to the alarm found two men at the scene, including one who had been injured.
The circumstances behind the shooting remained unclear. Police cordoned off the street and began further investigations.
Stein lies north of Maastricht, close to Germany’s Heinsberg district.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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