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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. |
| Child found | |
| The bodies were found late on Sunday night in several rooms in the restaurant, police said. | |
| "This morning at 1230 (2330 GMT) a man wanted to pick up his wife from work there. He discovered several dead bodies, among them his wife," said police spokesman Detlev Kaldinski. | |
| "He called the police and a manhunt got under way, sadly without success." | |
| He said a very young child was also discovered in the building, but was unable to shed any light on the crime. | |
| 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. | 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 small town situated south of Hamburg, in the state of Lower Saxony. | |
| The town's Mayor Stefan Tiemann said the family that owned the restaurant were well known in the local community, and had lived above the restaurant for nearly a decade. | |
| Local resident Hilly Behrens said: "They're really nice people - I've never seen an angry face there." | |
| The restaurant had never been suspected of involvement in criminal activity and Chinese mafia violence "has never been an issue in Lower Saxony", said a police spokesman. |