Soldier surrenders after four people killed in shootings in Germany

A forensics officer works near a car in front of the Von D’ring barracks in Rotenburg, Germany, on Friday after four people were killed in shootings in northern Germany (Sina Schuldt/dpa via AP)

Four people were killed in shootings in northern Germany, police and prosecutors said on Friday. They said the suspect is a soldier who turned himself in.

The four victims, including a child, were shot overnight at locations in the rural Scheessel and Bothel areas, near Hannover and Bremen, authorities said in a statement.