2 lightly wounded after man fires air rifle at refugee shelter in Lingen, Germany

2 lightly wounded after man fires air rifle at refugee shelter in Lingen, Germany

A man fired shots with an air rifle at a refugee shelter in western Germany, leaving a five-year-old girl and an 18-year-old lightly wounded, police said Monday, The Local reports.

The 21-year-old man targeted the shelter from his third-floor apartment just 40 metres away in the shooting on Sunday, police said in a statement.

The mother of the Macedonian girl had noticed that her child was hurt in the leg but initially thought someone had thrown stones or sand at her.

But shortly after, a witness saw the suspect shooting from his apartment, wounding an 18-year-old Syrian in the leg.

Police searched the man's apartment and removed an air rifle and munition.

The suspect was however not detained as "there were no grounds for arrest", a police spokesman told.

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