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German gunman took hostages before being shot, no others hurt : Police

25 people had been exposed to tear gas.

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Germany, Germany shooting, germany theater, german theater shooting, german theater firing, german theater shootout, theater shootout, shootout, germanpolice, german media, germany mannheim, mannheim shooting, germany news, world news Police officers stand in front of a cinema in Viernheim near Mannheim, southern Germany. A gunman was shot by police after he took hostages in the complex. AP

A gunman took hostages at a cinema in western Germany on Thursday before police shot him dead, a police spokesman told the N-TV television channel, adding that no other people were injured.

German television showed pictures of heavily armed police, wearing helmets and body armour, storming the Kinopolis complex in Viernheim and a couple fleeing the building.

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German media said earlier that the masked man had opened fire at the cinema complex in the small town near Frankfurt.

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Police shot the man dead after elite forces stormed the complex, the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper reported, citing the interior minister of Hesse state. The man was described as “disturbed”.

Bild daily said that according to police about 25 people had been exposed to tear gas.

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