BERLIN: Two people died in a shooting at a Mercedes-Benz factory in south-western Germany on Thursday, the company said.
Police had previously said that one person died and another was seriously injured.
Authorities said that one suspect had been detained.
“This morning, shots were fired on the factory premises in Sindelfingen,” a spokesperson for the Stuttgart prosecutor earlier said. “Two persons were injured, one of whom has since died.”
Investigators are working on the assumption that this was the act of a single perpetrator and that no individuals outside the factory were involved, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Police and emergency responders remained at the scene.
Police earlier confirmed on Twitter that one person had died and another was severely injured. They were not immediately available for further comment.
Mercedes-Benz produces its flagship S-Class luxury sedan at the location in Sindelfingen, located some 17 kilometers southwest of Stuttgart. Some 35,000 people are employed at the site, according to the company.
Mercedes confirmed an incident had taken place at the plant and that it was in touch with the authorities, without elaborating.
“We are in contact with the authorities and are trying to clarify the facts. The safety of the employees comes first,” the company said.
In 2012, a shooting at a factory site for technology firm 3M in the western German town of Hilden left one dead and four injured.
Shooting at Mercedes plant in Germany leaves 2 dead
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Shooting at Mercedes plant in Germany leaves 2 dead
- Investigators are working on the assumption that this was the act of a single perpetrator
- Mercedes-Benz produces its flagship S-Class luxury sedan at the location in Sindelfingen
No sign Iran’s nuclear sites were hit, IAEA says, but Iran alleges one was
VIENNA: The UN nuclear watchdog has no indication Israeli and US attacks on Iran have hit any nuclear facilities, its chief Rafael Grossi told the agency’s Board of Governors on Monday, moments before Iran’s envoy said one was targeted a day earlier.
Iran’s nuclear program has been among the reasons Israel and the US have given for the attacks, alleging Iran was getting too close to being able to eventually make an atom bomb.
At the same time, what remains of Iran’s atomic facilities after the two militaries attacked them in June appears to have been largely spared in this campaign so far.
“We have no indication that any of the nuclear installations ... have been damaged or hit,” International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said in a statement to a meeting of his agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors.
What that assessment was based on is unclear, since he also said his agency had not been able to reach its counterparts in Iran. Tehran has not let the IAEA return to its bombed facilities since they were attacked in June.
“Efforts to contact the Iranian nuclear regulatory authorities ... continue, with no response so far. We hope this indispensable channel of communication can be re-established as soon as possible,” he said.
Moments later, Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA, Reza Najafi, told reporters outside the closed-door meeting that the sprawling nuclear complex at Natanz had been attacked.
Natanz housed two uranium-enrichment plants that were attacked in June — an above-ground one that the IAEA says was destroyed and an underground one that was at least badly damaged, among other facilities.
“Again they attacked Iran’s peaceful, safeguarded nuclear facilities yesterday,” Najafi said. Asked by Reuters which facilities were hit, he replied: “Natanz” and left.
