After shooting at a 51-year-old woman in Magdeburg, the perpetrator is still on the run. In the course of the morning it will be clarified how the search for the perpetrator will continue, as a police spokeswoman said. The woman was seriously injured by gunfire in front of a residential building in the south of Magdeburg on Monday morning. A suspected man between 35 and 40 years old fled.

The police searched for the perpetrator with numerous emergency services on Monday. In addition to a police helicopter and a drone, search dogs were also used. However, the search was unsuccessful. The background to the crime is unclear. The police have not yet announced how the two people are related to each other.