A patient shot at a doctor in a university clinic in Steglitz, a southwestern district of Berlin, on Tuesday before shooting himself, German police confirmed after Bild Newspaper earlier reported the incident.
A police spokesperson told a foreign media agency that several shots were fired at a university hospital in the well-heeled southwestern Steglitz neighbourhood of the German capital.
“According to preliminary information, a patient at the hospital shot a doctor and then killed himself,” she said.
“The doctor is in intensive care,” the spokesperson said, adding there was “no indication this was a terror attack”.
The incident follows four other attacks in Germany since July 18 that left 10 people dead and dozens injured.
