BERLIN — Officials say a man has shot dead a doctor before killing himself at a Berlin hospital.
The shooting occurred around 1 p.m. Tuesday at the mouth, jaw and face surgery unit of the Benjamin-Franklin Hospital in the southwestern district of Steglitz.
Berlin police initially said the doctor had suffered life-threatening injuries, but later said he had died. The circumstances of the shooting are still being investigated.
After the merger of Free University Berlin and Humboldt University, the Benjamin Franklin Clinic among Europe’s largest hospitals. There are four throughout Berlin.
Since July 18, this is the fifth attack that’s rocked Germany. Three of the attacks were carried out by migrants, leaving 10 people dead and injuring 34.
Epoch Times contributed to this report.
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