Five people have been killed in a shooting in the northern German town of Stade, police say. A suspect was arrested on Monday, German news agency dpa reported, citing police. Five people were killed in a shooting on Monday in the northern German town of Stade, police said. AP/File More information on what happened wasn’t immediately available. Police said they were conducting a major operation in an area outside the town centre. Stade has about 50,000 inhabitants and is located west of Hamburg.