Several people have been injured, some seriously, after a gun attack at two locations including a hair salon in the German city of Hagen.
A police spokesman confirmed on Saturday afternoon: “According to the current state of investigation, a 34-year-old man with Turkish nationality is on the run.
“The police are searching intensively for the perpetrator. He had previously injured several people with a firearm. One of the victims is his wife.”
Investigators said shots were fired at a residential building and then a hairdressing salon on Hochstrasse in Hagen-Eilpe around 11 am CET.
They confirmed four people had been seriously injured in the shooting. In a press release issued at 17:53 pm CET, police said that “one person’s life is in danger.”
They added: “After the crime, the man from Hagen drove his car to a nearby parking lot. There he parked the car and fled on foot.
“All four victims are currently being treated in different hospitals. The police are still deployed in large numbers and are searching for the suspect.”
In the meantime, people are being urged to avoid the areas of Hagen city centre, Hochstraße in Eilpe and the Breckerfeld area.
Initial indications suggest the crime may be “family-related”.
The crime scene and the surrounding area in the Hagen-Eilpe district of the city have been cordoned off and police are currently on a large-scale operation in Hagen city centre and the Eilpe suburb.
Dortmund police have taken over the operation, with shootings understood to have happened at two separate locations including the salon in Hochstrasse.
Photographs from the scene showed large numbers of police and emergency vehicles.
The incident comes a day after police shot a knifeman who injured several people at a far-right event in the German city of Mannheim.
It happened in the southwestern city’s Marktplatz square just after 11.35am local time.
Footage shared by German news site Bild showed the bearded attacker being shot as he stabs a policeman in the neck from behind.
There is nothing to indicate today’s attack, 130 miles to the north of Mannheim, is related.
