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| Bodies found in German restaurant | Bodies found in German restaurant |
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| The bodies of six people - three men and three women - have been found in a Chinese restaurant in the town of Sittensen, in northern Germany. | The bodies of six people - three men and three women - have been found in a Chinese restaurant in the town of Sittensen, in northern Germany. |
| German police say the victims had been shot dead and some had been tied up. | German police say the victims had been shot dead and some had been tied up. |
| Police were alerted by the husband of one victim, who had gone to the Lin Yue restaurant to collect his wife. | Police were alerted by the husband of one victim, who had gone to the Lin Yue restaurant to collect his wife. |
| A restaurant worker, critically wounded in the shooting, is now in hospital. Police say the victims have not yet been identified. | A restaurant worker, critically wounded in the shooting, is now in hospital. Police say the victims have not yet been identified. |
| But a police spokesman said they were "in all probability Asian". There has been no official word on a possible motive. | But a police spokesman said they were "in all probability Asian". There has been no official word on a possible motive. |
| The bodies were found on Sunday evening in several rooms in the restaurant, police said. | The bodies were found on Sunday evening in several rooms in the restaurant, police said. |
| Local police have asked federal specialists to join the investigation, and have also appealed for anyone who visited the restaurant or passed by on Sunday to come forward with information. | |
| Sittensen is a town situated south of Hamburg, in the state of Lower Saxony. | Sittensen is a town situated south of Hamburg, in the state of Lower Saxony. |