Both the victims have been 44 years outdated, in accordance with police. (Representational)

Berlin, Germany:

A person opened hearth in a manufacturing corridor at a Mercedes manufacturing unit in Germany on Thursday, killing two individuals, police mentioned, including the suspect had been arrested.

“A 53-year-old man entered the hall at around 7:45 am (0545 GMT) and shot at two people,” police within the metropolis of Ludwigsburg mentioned in a press release.

Security workers detained the suspect within the corridor on the Sindelfingen plant and handed him over to police, who arrested him with out resistance, the police mentioned.

The victims, each 44-year-old males, later died from their accidents.

No one else was injured, the police mentioned on Twitter.

Police and rescue staff are nonetheless on website and the constructing has been evacuated and secured, the police mentioned, including that there was no hazard to the general public.

The motive for the assault remains to be being investigated.

Mercedes-Benz confirmed in a press release that two individuals had died and mentioned they and the suspect have been staff of an exterior service supplier.

“We are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic news from Sindelfingen this morning. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and all colleagues on site,” it mentioned.

Bild day by day reported that the suspect is an worker of a logistics firm.

Around 35,000 individuals are employed on the Mercedes plant in Solingen, which produces the German automobile large’s S-Class and premium Maybach fashions.

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