Shots fired again at Cologne restaurant, one person inside
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- Gunfire struck a bar in Cologne’s Ostheim district, with one person inside at the time, police told the German Press Agency.
- The person was not injured, and police released no further information that morning.
- The incident follows shots fired at an empty café in Cologne’s Südstadt on Monday.
Gunfire struck a bar in Cologne’s Ostheim district, marking the second reported shooting at a food or drink venue in the city within days.
One person was inside the bar during the incident but escaped unharmed, police told the German Press Agency. A report by WDR said the business was a Turkish bar.
Police did not provide further information on the shooting during the morning. On Monday, shots were fired at a café in Cologne’s Südstadt. Police said no one was injured or killed then, and the café was empty at the time.
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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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