Please keep the families and friends of these 2 young airmen in your thoughts and prayers.
(CNN) -- Two American troops were shot and killed Wednesday in an incident on a U.S. military bus at Germany's Frankfurt Airport, authorities said.
Two others were wounded, U.S. President Barack Obama told reporters, saying he was "saddened and outraged" by the attack. "We will spare no effort in learning how this outrageous attack took place," he said, adding that the United States is working with German authorities.
"We don't have all the information yet, and you will be fully briefed when we get more information, but this is a stark reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices that our men and women in uniform are making all around the world to keep us safe, and the dangers that they face all around the globe," Obama said.
One person is in custody, police spokesman Juergen Linker told CNN.
A U.S. military official said initial reports were that two people had been killed, including the driver of the bus. They were U.S. Air Force airmen from Lakenheath base in the United Kingdom, said the official, emphasizing the information was preliminary.
Two others are wounded, said the source, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the incident. They were security forces on their way to a deployment, the source said, without saying specifically where they were heading.
They were flying commercial, not on a military plane, according to the source.
It's believed the German police have a young Kosovo national in custody, the U.S. official said.
Police said they believe the suspect stormed onto the bus as it was waiting at the terminal and began shooting.
"There was an incident today where two American soldiers were killed at Frankfurt airport," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. "We don't know the details but I would like to say how upset I am."
She expressed her condolences to the soldiers' families and stressed that Germany will "do everything we can to try and find out quickly what happened."
As police investigated, the scene was covered with sheets, journalist Marc Kohlbecher told CNN. The body of the bus driver remained in the bus, while the other body was in front of the bus, he said.
The U.S. military base at Ramstein in Germany regularly runs shuttles to Frankfurt for commercial flights.
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