2023 Mercedes-Benz factory shooting

{{Short description|Double killing in Sindelfingen, Germany}}{{Update|date=March 2025|reason=What happened after the initial event?}}File:Factory 56 Sindelfingen IMG 3662.jpg

On 11 May 2023, a man suddenly opened fire in a Mercedes-Benz factory in Sindelfingen, a city near Stuttgart, Germany, killing two people.{{Cite news |date=2023-05-11 |title=Mercedes-Benz shooting: Two killed at factory in Germany |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65557774 |access-date=2023-05-11}} The perpetrator, a 53-year-old man, was taken into custody.{{Cite news |last=Amann |first=Christina |last2=Wissenbach |first2=Ilona |date=2023-05-11 |title=Shooting at German Mercedes plant leaves two dead; man arrested |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/one-killed-shots-fired-mercedes-plant-germany-bild-2023-05-11/ |access-date=2023-05-11}} Police tweeted that there was no further danger to employees at the plant.{{Cite web |last=Ziady |first=Nadine Schmidt,Hanna |date=2023-05-11 |title=Two dead in shooting at Mercedes-Benz plant in Germany {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/business/mercedes-benz-shooting-germany/index.html |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=CNN |language=en}} Information about the suspect's motive was not immediately available.{{Citation |title=Sindelfingen: 53-Jähriger erschießt zwei Männer in Mercedes-Werk {{!}} AFP |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjNNIAA7DS0 |access-date=2023-05-11 |language=en}}