Six people shot dead at centre for mothers and children in Germany

The six story

The male suspect who has been arrested was in a custody dispute over his baby daughter, police say

Why six matters

This development in six, people, shot, dead, centre matters because it alters the baseline assumptions that BBC and others have been working from.

What led here

The background, as BBC reports, involves shifts that have been visible for some time in six, people, shot, dead, centre.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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The editorial angle

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of six, people, shot, dead, centre: The male suspect who has been arrested was in a custody dispute over his baby daughter, police say.