A man suspected of fatally shooting six child welfare workers at a shelter for mothers in Stade in northern Germany last month died by suicide in jail on Tuesday, officials said.The suspect, who has been partially identified in German media as 45-year-old Fatih Khan G., was found dead by jail staff in his single cell early Tuesday, the Lower Saxony state justice ministry said in a statement.The ministry said there are “currently no indications of third-party involvement” in the suspect’s death at the jail, and that both his relatives and the relatives of the shooting victims had been informed.
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TUE · 2026-07-21 · 13:14 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0721-94675
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Suspect in German mass shooting kills himself in jail
The suspect in a mass shooting that killed six child welfare workers at a shelter in Stade, Germany, died by suicide in jail on Tuesday. Officials stated that jail staff found the 45-year-old man, identified in German media as Fatih Khan G., deceased in his cell early Tuesday.
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The suspect in a mass shooting that killed six child welfare workers at a shelter in Stade, Germany, died by suicide in jail on Tuesday. Officials stated that jail staff found the 45-year-old man, identified in German media as Fatih Khan G., deceased in his cell early Tuesday. The Lower Saxony state justice ministry reported that there are currently no indications of third-party involvement in his death. Both the suspect's relatives and the relatives of the shooting victims have been informed.
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The suspect was accused of fatally shooting six child welfare workers.
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Suspect in German mass shooting died by suicide in jail.
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There are no indications of third-party involvement in the suspect's death.
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The suspect was partially identified as 45-year-old Fatih Khan G.
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