In Germany, a gunman suspected of killing seven Kurds has been found dead by police. The man had opened fire at an apartment in the town of Bielefeld; about 80 miles northeast of Dortmund, killing four women and three men. He then drove about five hours to his hometown in Tuebingen in southern Germany, where he was found dead in his car from a gunshot wound.
It has emerged that the shooting spree began after one of the men rejected the killer's proposal to marry his daughter. Police have reported that the victims were from Germany's large Turkish community and were possibly ethnic Kurds. The gunman is also believed to be of Turkish nationality.
Police said they were called to the scene late on Tuesday evening after neighbours heard shots coming the apartment, within a six-story block in which around 50 people lived. A post mortem is expected to take place later this morning.
Germany has a Turkish community of over two million around the country, many of whom live in the industrial conurbation around the Rhine and Ruhr valley. Many came as "guest workers" in the 1960s, settled and had families. Around 500,000 are ethnic Kurds. The killings are the latest in a string of violent incidents in Germany.
