Germany: Four killed, Four injured in suspected arson attack on refugee shelter

Four people were killed and four injured in a suspected arson attack on a refugee shelter in Pforzheim, north of Stuttgart, in the early hours of Tuesday. According to a police spokesperson, the fire was first reported shortly after midnight. He added that the identities of the victims were still unknown, but there were no children amongst the dead. Pforzheim fire department representative Sebastian Fischer said that "flames blasted out of the attic at the front and the back, also the upper staircase was already on fire. We found wounded individuals in front of the building. An individual had jumped, another had burn injuries on the foot. It was unfortunately so, that the firefighters who we sent in found four people mortally injured in the attic."