Police shoot dead gunman who opened fire at German cinema complex

Berlin

A GUNMAN opened fire in a cinema complex in the small western German town of Viernheim, near Frankfurt, on Thursday, German media reported.

Police shot the man dead after elite forces stormed the complex, the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper reported, citing the interior minister of Hesse state.

German police confirmed the suspect's shooting during a televised statement, adding that no one was injured by the man during the incident. At least 25 people were hit by pepper spray during the standoff with police, according to German media reports. It was earlier reported by Darmstaedter Echo that 20 to 50 people had been woun…