Rotenburg district after violent act: Report was not known. A 32-year-old Bundeswehr soldier shot four people in the communities of Westervesede and Brockel.
The victims come from the environment of the alleged perpetrator's separated wife. Before the crime, the wife and her possible new boyfriend, who was later killed, had reported the soldier to the police for threatening him. The man demonstrated the requirements for this. A so-called weapons law reliability check was carried out in September 2023. There were no abnormalities.