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German hunt for ice-cream killer German ice-cream murders probed
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A manhunt is under way after four people were killed at a German ice cream parlour, police say. A huge manhunt is under way after four people were shot dead at an Italian ice cream parlour in a town near the German city of Frankfurt-on-Main, police say.
The attack occurred in the Western town of Russelsheim. Police quoted by Reuters news agency say assailants fled the scene with both guns and knives. The assailant or assailants fled the scene after the attack in the central pedestrian area of Russelsheim, 28km (17 miles) south-west of Frankfurt.
The motive for the attack is unclear. There is no word on the identity of the victims - who reportedly include three men and a woman. The dead were only identified as three men and one woman.
Russelsheim is located 28km (17 miles) south-west of Frankfurt. Police said the motive for the attack was unclear but reports suggest the woman was not linked to the three men.
Officers are using dogs and a helicopter in a effort to find the killer or killers, and have sealed off the centre of Russelsheim.
The shooting occurred around 2000 (1800 GMT) at the Eis de Rocco cafe, police told the Associated Press.
First reports had suggested that some of the victims might have been stabbed.
Almost exactly one year ago, six people were shot to death in the town of Duisburg, north-west of Frankfurt, in a shooting blamed on an Italian mafia clan.
Seven people were arrested in connection with the Duisburg deaths.
Police spokesman Marc Wuthe told AP it was unclear whether Tuesday's shooting had any link to organised crime.