after Thursday’s shooting at the Mercedes plant in Sindelfingen, in which two men died, the suspect was brought before a magistrate on the same day and is currently in custody. Meanwhile, his citizenship has been made public, and there are some signs of a political motivation.

The Ludwigsburg police told BW24 that the investigation is ongoing. “We are in constant contact with the prosecutor’s office,” the spokesman said. However, no press conference about what happened at Mercedes is planned.

According to the police, the suspect of Turkish origin shot two men who, like him, worked at Rhenus, and not directly at Mercedes. Now he must answer for the murder.

The perpetrators and victims of the attack on Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen were employees of Rhenus Automotive, a spokeswoman for the logistics services provider said on Thursday.

Possible political motivation?

And yet, despite the fact that the alleged perpetrator is now in custody, many questions remain unanswered. Investigations by the criminal police are ongoing, both regarding the weapon used and how it got to the factory.

In addition, the police and the prosecutor’s office must find out, in particular, whether there were conflicts between the three men the day before and what could have been the impetus for the crime. The Ludwigsburg Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division is conducting the investigation.

After the act of violence in Sindelfingen, rumors about the motives of the crime spread on the Mercedes website. The Stuttgarter Zeitung quoted a staff member who also works in room 56 as saying that it would be about the Turkish elections at the weekend. The exchange was also supposed to start at 6am, but it waited until 7.45am. Some, however, considered these rumors “nonsense.”

A short break in work

After the murders at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, production at the plant was halted. “We have decided to stop working here until the end of the week,” a spokesman for the automaker said.

Room 56, where the act of violence took place, will not work until Sunday (May 14) inclusive. Although the hall was cleaned after the samples were taken, many employees were shocked after the incident. In total, around 35,000 people work in Sindelfingen. Production at the rest of the plant continued as usual yesterday.

This is the second act of violence on the Daimler premises in a short period of time. The last time shots were fired was last February, when police stopped and shot the attacker. A 61-year-old man drove a minibus through a factory barrier when he was stopped and threatened with a police knife.