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Washington (dpa/WEB.DE) - Amoklauf in US-Flugzeugfabrik: Ein Mann hat beim Konzern Lockheed Martin in Meridian im US-Staat Mississippi fünf Menschen getötet.

 

Auch der Täter kam ums Leben - vermutlich erschoss er sich selbst. Acht weitere Menschen wurden zum Teil schwer verletzt in Krankenhäuser gebracht.

 

Nach Angaben der Behörden handelte es sich bei dem Schützen höchstwahrscheinlich um einen Fabrikangestellten. Sein Tatmotiv ist noch unklar.

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(CNN) -- Five people were shot dead Tuesday by a gunman who then killed himself at an aircraft parts plant near Meridian, Mississippi, a county sheriff told CNN.

 

Eight other people were injured by the man armed with a shotgun and a semiautomatic rifle, Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie said. They have been taken to a local hospital.

 

"He went through the entire plant, shooting individuals throughout the facility," Sollie said. "Several of the victims fell at their work stations."

 

Sollie said it appeared the gunman was shooting randomly rather than targeting individual workers.

 

Meridian Mayor John Smith, who called the shooting an "unspeakable tragedy," said family members and clergy were arriving at the factory.

 

"There is shock, there is horror and great grief... The community is reeling in shock. It is not supposed to happen in a place like this," he said.

 

Sollie said that as they raced to the factory, employees were telling them by phone that numerous people had been injured.

 

He added the gunman was an employee at the Lockheed Martin aircraft plant, which employs about 100 people and builds structural subassemblies for the C-130J Hercules transport and the F-22 Raptor fighter.

 

No motive for the shooting was immediately known and the gunman's name has not been released.

 

"We're going to speak to each employee, find out his friends, his group of friends and hopefully find out information from them," Sollie said.

 

A SWAT team from the Meridian Police Department and several fire department units were on the scene, officials with those agencies told CNN.

 

Meaghan Mariman, a spokeswoman at Lockheed Martin's Bethesda, Maryland, headquarters, said the company is still trying to gather information on the shooting and no statement would be issued until all victims' families have been contacted.

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