STADE, Germany: Five people were shot dead at a youth welfare center in Germany Monday and the suspected gunman has been arrested, police said, in one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings in years. Police in protective vests and ambulances were seen in large numbers at the site in the northern city of Stade, west of Hamburg, in the wake of the gun rampage. “Homicides involving multiple victims occurred at a youth welfare facility” in the city, police said.

Police say five people have been killed in a shooting in Stade, Germany. A suspect has been arrested, according to the German news agency dpa.

A large police operation is underway in the northern German city after several shots were fired. Several people are reported dead and authorities say it is a "dynamic situation."

Local media reported that the incident had taken place in a youth centre in central Stade.

Tragedy struck Stade, Germany, on Monday as a shooting incident claimed multiple lives, with reports indicating five fatalities. Authorities have apprehended one suspect and are…