The two workers who died in a shooting attack at a mechanical engineering company in southwestern Germany were brothers, police and prosecutors said Wednesday.
One person remains in critical condition after the attack in the town of Bad Friedrichshall, about 100 kilometers south of Frankfurt, on Tuesday.
The suspect, a 52-year-old German national who was an employee of the company, was a member of a shooting club and had a license for the weapon used, police said.
Two brothers – aged 49 and 44 – were killed after a masked man entered the company's premises in the early afternoon and then shot them.
The suspect was arrested in the town of Seckach after an hour of hunting. His motive is unclear, said a spokesman for the local public prosecutor's office.
He has since been arrested and is refusing to speak to investigators. He is charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
Twenty-five workers were on site at the time of the crime, police said Wednesday. They were taken out of the building and questioned by officers.
About 20,000 people live in Bad Friedrichshall, which is located in the wealthy state of Baden-Württemberg.
The mayor of Bad Friedrichshall Timo Frey told dpa that he was shocked by the news. He said the family company, which makes gears, is well known in the area and is a major employer with around 400 employees.
Police are standing near an engineering company, where two people were killed and one person was seriously injured in a shooting in the building. The perpetrator is on the run and a manhunt is underway, a police spokesman said. Fabian Koss/onw-images/dpa
