Nightclub attack which claimed 2 lives not terror-linked, German police say

German police have revealed that the Iraqi man who shot and killed a victim at a nightclub in the southern city of Konstanz was not a terrorist, given their preliminary assessment of surrounding facts.

The police however revealed that the motive of the Iraqi gunman, who later died in a shootout with security operatives early on Sunday, was still unclear as investigations into the incident continues.

“The motives of the man who acted alone are unclear,” Konstanz police spokesman Fritz Bezikofer told broadcaster n-tv.

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“We are still investigating but the circumstances surrounding the events at the disco in the evening before the shooting are a bit clearer and this led us to rule out a terrorism background.”

During the incident, the 34-year-old man opened fire in the club in the early hours of Sunday, killing one person and injuring three others.

The gunman later died in hospital of injuries suffered in a gunfight with police outside the venue. One policeman was also injured.

 

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