Six people were found shot dead and another person critically injured
early yesterday in a Chinese restaurant in the German town of Sittensen, 45 km
southwest of Hamburg.
A man alerted the police at 12:30 local time (1130 GMT) when he went to
retrieve his wife from work in the Lin Yue restaurant, German news agency DPA
reported.
The man's wife was among the six dead and one of the restaurant staff
survived and was receiving treatment in the hospital, police was quoted by DPA
as saying.
A murder inquiry has been launched, but police said they still have no clue
to any suspects and the possible reason behind the attack. Police were searching
for people who dined at the restaurant on Sunday night.
DPA said that the victims, all of Asian appearance, were being identified and
results would come out by late Monday.
Well-informed sources told Xinhua that no one among the victims was of
Chinese nationality.
