Woman held over German hospital killings is employee at clinic

Police were still investigating the exact circumstances but said the detained woman was “urgently suspected” of the killings.

Journalists wait outside the clinic in Potsdam, Germany (Christophe Gateau/AP)

German police said a 51-year-old woman detained on suspicion of killing four people at a hospital in the eastern city of Potsdam is an employee at the clinic.

Officers called to the Oberlin Clinic shortly before 9pm on Wednesday found the victims and a fifth person who was seriously injured in patient rooms, Brandenburg state police said.