At least one dead as gunman open fires near university

A gunman stormed into a university lecture hall in Heidelberg, Germany, and opened fire.

 

One person is dead and multiple others are believed to have been injured following the shooting.

 

Police and rescue workers have arrived at the scene and an area has since been cordoned off.

 

 

Shots were fired after a single perpetrator entered a lecture hall with a long gun – with the perpetrator himself now dead, police confirmed.

 

An initial statement from local police said: “Large-scale deployment. Multiple injuries.

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