Police stand guard outside a building in Bad Friedrichshall, near Heilbronn, southern Germany on January 7, 2025.
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Two men were killed and a third suffered life-threatening injuries in a shooting Tuesday (January 7, 2025) at the premises of a company in southwestern Germany, police said.

The shooting happened after a masked individual entered the premises in Bad Friedrichshall, a town north of Stuttgart, at around 5.45 p.m., police said in a statement.

Police are searching for the perpetrator. They said a large deployment, including a helicopter, was under way, but they did not believe there was any danger to the public.

There was no immediate information on the identity of the victims or on other details.