Two mechanics overpowered a gunman suspected of killing two pensioners in drive-by shootings in southern Germany yesterday.The two workers managed to wrestle the suspect to the ground when he pulled over at the petrol station after allegedly gunning down an 82-year-old woman and a male cyclist, 72.Police said they did not know the motive for the attacks, which took place around 10am local time when the 47-year-old gunman, named only as Bernd G under German privacy laws, fired at his victims from Read more [...]

Two mechanics overpowered a gunman suspected of killing two pensioners in drive-by shootings in southern Germany yesterday.The two workers managed to wrestle the suspect to the ground when he pulled over at the petrol station after allegedly gunning down an 82-year-old woman and a male cyclist, 72.Police said they did not know the motive for the attacks, which took place around 10am local time when the 47-year-old gunman, named only as Bernd G under German privacy laws, fired at his victims from Read more [...]

BERLIN - A gunman in a car killed a woman and a cyclist in drive-by shootings in southern Germany on Friday, before police arrested a suspect at a petrol station.The shooter, travelling in a silver Mercedes convertible, also fired at or threatened a farmer and another motorist, but they were not wounded, police said.Police arrested the suspect at a petrol station near the shootings that took place in the village of Leutershausen-Tiefenthal near the city of Ansbach Read more [...]

Gun violence is often thought of as an American problem, at least when it comes to the Western world, but the New Zealand Herald is reporting that two people died in a drive-by shooting in Germany. The suspect has been captured. The shootings took place in the southern state of Bavaria, and appears to be part of a rampage. The man was subdued by two mechanics, who managed to overpower him and take his gun away. The attacks took place in two separate towns in Germany, Read more [...]

Gun violence is often thought of as an American problem, at least when it comes to the Western world, but the New Zealand Herald is reporting that two people died in a drive-by shooting in Germany. The suspect has been captured. The shootings took place in the southern state of Bavaria, and appears to be part of a rampage. The man was subdued by two mechanics, who managed to overpower him and take his gun away. The attacks took place in two separate towns in Germany, Read more [...]

Two mechanics were praised last night after overpowering and capturing a gunman who had earlier shot dead two people in northern Bavaria.The mechanics were working at a petrol station in Bad Windsheim when the shooter entered the shop and threatened employees with a gun, police said. “Thanks to the courageous intervention of these employees, the perpetrator was able to be stopped,” Joachim Hermann, Bavaria’s interior minister, told a news conference. The suspect, a 47-year-old from the nearby Read more [...]

Two mechanics were praised last night after overpowering and capturing a gunman who had earlier shot dead two people in northern Bavaria.The mechanics were working at a petrol station in Bad Windsheim when the shooter entered the shop and threatened employees with a gun, police said. “Thanks to the courageous intervention of these employees, the perpetrator was able to be stopped,” Joachim Hermann, Bavaria’s interior minister, told a news conference. The suspect, a 47-year-old from the nearby Read more [...]

A 47-year-old German gunman shot and killed two people and injured another in a rampage Friday in the southern state of Bavaria before being overpowered by two gas station mechanics, authorities said. Officials said the victims appeared to have been chosen randomly by the suspect, who spoke "incoherently" after his arrest. "At the moment there are no indications of any immediate relationships between the culprit and the victims," said Bavaria's interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, calling it an "ugly, Read more [...]

Travel through Munich in a vehicle that is 100% electric, clean and quiet. The BMW Group and SCHERM Group officially put an electric truck into service. Launch event with Bavaria's Minister for Economic Affairs, Ilse Aigner. Munich, 6 July 2015. Clean and quiet transport across Munich: from today on, the 100% electric trucks from the BMW Group and the SCHERM group will be in service. This means the BMW Group will be the first automobile manufacturer in Europe to use a 40-ton electric truck for material Read more [...]

Two courageous petrol station employees have overpowered a gunman suspected of killing two elderly victims in drive-by shootings in southern Germany, officials say.The two workers stepped on Friday in when the suspect pulled over at a petrol station after allegedly gunning down an 82-year-old woman followed later by a male cyclist, 72, they said.The shooter had driven and fired at his victims from a silver Mercedes convertible, in Leutershausen in northern Bavaria, Read more [...]