What the records say
- When
- 1999
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 5
- Coordinates
- 49.36° N, 6.72° E
- Description
- mass murder in Saarland and Moselle
- Injured
- 11
- Date from
- year in its name
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1999 Dillingen shootings
Mass shooting in Saarland, Germany, and Moselle, France
On 16 May 1999, a spree shooting took place in Dillingen, Saarland, Germany, and continued in nearby Sierck-les-Bains, Moselle, France. Five people were killed and eleven were injured before the perpetrator, 36-year-old sex offender Günter Ewen, fled the scene. Following a two-day manhunt, Ewen committed suicide to evade arrest while hiding in Luxembourg.
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