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6 Bodies found in Germany BERLIN – Six people were found shot to death early yesterday at a Chinese restaurant in northern Germany, police said.

The corpses of three men and three women, some of them tied up, were found in Sittensen, a town of some 10 000 people south of Hamburg, police said in a statement. Police said a 47-year-old found the bodies when he went to pick up his wife from the Lin Yue restaurant at about half past midnight.The woman was among the victims.The bodies were spread across several rooms in the restaurant, police said.In addition, a restaurant employee suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital.Police had not yet identified all the victims, but said they were “in all probability Asian.”By late yesterday morning, they said they had no witnesses other than the man who found the bodies and no tips as to who might have been responsible.There was no immediate word on any possible motive.Police appealed for anyone who visited the restaurant on Sunday evening, and to passers-by who saw anything suspicious, to come forward.The Lin Yue restaurant is located on the second floor of a building that contains offices.* Rattray killer gets 25 years PIETERMARITZBURG – One of the men accused of being involved in the murder of David Rattray was yesterday sentenced by Judge Jan Hugo to an effective 25 years imprisonment.Fethe Nkwanyana will not be eligible for parole before he has completed 18 years of his sentence.On Friday he appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court and pleaded guilty to murder, attempted armed robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm.* Britain probes deadly bird flu outbreak HOLTON – Officials were investigating the cause of a deadly bird flu outbreak on a farm in Suffolk yesterday as workers culled thousands of turkeys to prevent the virus from spreading.Nearly 160 000 birds were being gassed and incinerated after the discovery of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu on a farm run by Europe’s largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews.The slaughter of turkeys at the farm started late on Saturday with the dead birds being transported in sealed trucks to be incinerated.The cull is expected to end later yesterday.About 2 500 turkeys died in the initial outbreak of the virus.The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the virus had been confined to the farm near Lowestoft.”It is somewhat surprising that the disease has started in this particular flock,” Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw told BBC radio.”We are exploring very carefully what the possible avenues for that infection might have been.”some oil militants, who repeated their demand for Mr Asari’s release if the violence is to stop.Nampa-AP-Reuters-AFP-SapaPolice said a 47-year-old found the bodies when he went to pick up his wife from the Lin Yue restaurant at about half past midnight.The woman was among the victims.The bodies were spread across several rooms in the restaurant, police said.In addition, a restaurant employee suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound and was taken to a hospital.Police had not yet identified all the victims, but said they were “in all probability Asian.”By late yesterday morning, they said they had no witnesses other than the man who found the bodies and no tips as to who might have been responsible.There was no immediate word on any possible motive.Police appealed for anyone who visited the restaurant on Sunday evening, and to passers-by who saw anything suspicious, to come forward.The Lin Yue restaurant is located on the second floor of a building that contains offices. * Rattray killer gets 25 years PIETERMARITZBURG – One of the men accused of being involved in the murder of David Rattray was yesterday sentenced by Judge Jan Hugo to an effective 25 years imprisonment.Fethe Nkwanyana will not be eligible for parole before he has completed 18 years of his sentence.On Friday he appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court and pleaded guilty to murder, attempted armed robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm. * Britain probes deadly bird flu outbreak HOLTON – Officials were investigating the cause of a deadly bird flu outbreak on a farm in Suffolk yesterday as workers culled thousands of turkeys to prevent the virus from spreading.Nearly 160 000 birds were being gassed and incinerated after the discovery of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu on a farm run by Europe’s largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews.The slaughter of turkeys at the farm started late on Saturday with the dead birds being transported in sealed trucks to be incinerated.The cull is expected to end later yesterday.About 2 500 turkeys died in the initial outbreak of the virus.The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the virus had been confined to the farm near Lowestoft.”It is somewhat surprising that the disease has started in this particular flock,” Environment Minister Ben Bradshaw told BBC radio.”We are exploring very carefully what the possible avenues for that infection might have been.”some oil militants, who repeated their demand for Mr Asari’s release if the violence is to stop.Nampa-AP-Reuters-AFP-Sapa