Gunman kills at least 2 in German court -police

Tue Apr 7, 2009 5:40am EDT

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BERLIN, April 7 (Reuters) - A gunman killed two people, probably including himself, and wounded several others in a court house in the southern German town of Landshut on Tuesday, a police spokesman said.

Police spokesman Leonard Mayer told N-TV television he believed the gunman had gone from room to room in the building but the shooting spree was over and authorities believed the gunman was among the dead.

"According my information there are two people dead," Mayer said. "The situation is now all under control and the shooter is not on the loose. He probably killed himself but that is not yet confirmed."

Mayer said he was unaware of any warning: "It came out of the blue."

No further details were immediately available.

The shooting, which started at 10:15 a.m. (0815 GMT), took place less than a month after a school massacre in the southwestern town of Winnenden in which a total of 16 people were killed. (Reporting by Erik Kirschbaum and Madeline Chambers)

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