Man kills two others and himself in attack on a home in German village

Two women seriously injured in incident in Lautlingen on Sunday

Emergency services on a street in Lautlingen, Germany, on Sunday after the attack. Photograph: Jannik Noelke
Emergency services on a street in Lautlingen, Germany, on Sunday after the attack. Photograph: Jannik Noelke

A man killed himself and two others in an attack on Sunday in a home in Lautlingen, a village in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, according to local police.

Two women were severely injured in the attack, which was first reported by newspaper Bild.

The attacker was thought to be a hunter, according to the report, which did not specify how the victims were killed.

The wider public was not at risk, the police said. – Reuters

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