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74-year-old German shoots mayor dead, kills self
Saturday April 27, 2013 09:33:43 AM,
IANS
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Berlin: A
74-year-old gunman shot the mayor of a German county dead before
killing himself, police said.
The shooting took place Friday in Hamelin-Pyrmont county in Lower
Saxony, Xinhua reported.
Police confirmed that county mayor Ruediger Butte was shot dead by
the gunman who then turned the firearm on himself. There was no
direct witness.
Media report said county spokeswoman Sandra Lummitsch heard the
shots in a nearby office. She alerted the police and then locked
herself in the office with her colleagues.
Police said the shooting was pre-planned, as the offender had made
an attempt for days to get an appointment with the mayor.
Police said there was a physical confrontation between the gunman
and the mayor before the shooting.
The revolver that the gunman used was illegally possessed, police
said.
Ruediger Butte, 63, directed the State Criminal Investigation
Office of Lower Saxony from 2001 to 2005, and became the mayor of
Hamelin-Pyrmont county in 2005.
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