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A 27-year-old was shot dead in a shisha bar in Hamburg.
According to the police, the man was a guest in the restaurant in the Hohenfelde district late on Wednesday evening.
Two men approached him in a targeted manner, one fired several shots at the 27-year-old.
Then the perpetrators fled.
The young man was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where he died.
The police launched a manhunt, initially without success.
A homicide commission took over the investigation.
The background of the fact is unclear.
However, investigators suspect that the perpetrator and the victim knew each other.
jpz/AFP