A shooting at a Mercedes-Benz plant in southwestern Germany left two men dead on Thursday, and police have detained a suspect, mounting pressure on Berlin to tighten the country's already-strict gun laws.
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The suspect, 53, opened fire on the victims before security workers at the site in the southern German city of Sindelfingen held him down and handed him over to police, police and the local prosecutor's office said in a statement.The incident was the latest of a number of Interior Minister Nancy Faeser had said after that attack that the government would revisit its arms laws. The Social Democrats, her party and that of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, have been pushing for tougher restrictions, and Germany's police union also called for a swift legislative response to restrict the number of guns available.
"We are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic news," Mercedes said in a statement, adding that there was no longer any danger to the local population or workers at the plant.
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