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One Dead, Four Injured at Turkish Comedy Night Shooting in Berlin

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German authorities say the shooter is still at large but the shooting does not appear to be terrorism-related.

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A 42-year-old man is dead and four people have been injured after someone opened fire outside a packed event venue in Berlin late Friday night. A spokesperson for the Berlin police told the Associated Press that the shooter is still at large, and that the shooting “does not appear” to be terrorism-related. The shooting took place outside the Tempodrom, near Potsdamer Platz in the center of Berlin, where a Turkish comedy night was being held. Berlin has one of the highest number of homicide rates in Europe.

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