The public prosecutor's office brings charges against two women after a six-fold murder in Stade

After the fatal shooting in a youth welfare facility in Stade, the public prosecutor's office has brought charges against two women aged 34 and 65. The authority announced this on Friday. The investigators accuse the shooter's partner of murder and the driver of the getaway car of being an accessory to the murder, the authorities announced.

The bloody act occurred on June 29, 2026 during a support plan discussion in a mother-child facility. The 45-year-old Turkish man Fatih G., who was born in Germany, shot six people. The trigger was a custody dispute over the man's baby, who had previously been treated in hospital with serious injuries. The shooter committed suicide while in custody on July 21, 2026. The proceedings against him were dropped.

Charges were also brought against Sylvia S., an acquaintance of the family and driver of the getaway car. The 65-year-old woman is also said to have known about the shooter's plans before the crime. She is accused of helping him prepare and then taking him away from the crime scene in a car. Therefore, she was charged with six counts of accessory to murder.