German nightclub shooting claims two lives

A gunman opened fire at a packed nightclub in Germany, resulting in the death of a bouncer and injuring four people before being gunned down by the police.

The gunman was a Kurdish Iraqi and the incident is being termed as a personal dispute rather than a terror attack. The suspect was armed with an M16 automatic rifle and he opened fire at the nightclub at a time when it was packed with revelers.

The 34-year-old attacker “was critically injured in a shootout with police officers as he left the disco, and later succumbed to his wounds in hospital,” police said in a statement.

“Nothing suggest that there could have been a terror background” to the attack at the club, said prosecutor Johannes-Georg Roth. “Rather, everything points to a personal dispute that had escalated in an unspeakable manner,” he added.

According to the details provided, the gunman was the son-in-law of the owner of the nightclub called ‘Grey’, and he had been living in Germany since 1991 after obtaining asylum status. He had been known to the police for previous violations including grievous bodily harm.

The investigators revealed that the man had initially left the club after having a fight with an employee and he came back armed with an M16 rifle.

“He came back and shot dead the bouncer at the entrance area of the disco,” recounted Roth, adding that the attacker sprayed the area with bullets.

He then engaged in a shoot-out with police before being shot.

One officer was injured in the attack and several party-goers were hurt but thankfully they all survived.

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