Man who opens fire in cinema complex in Viernheim, Germany killed by police

Germany: A masked man armed with a gun and ammunition belt who took several people hostages at a cinema complex in western German town of Viernheim, near Frankfurt on Thursday has been shot dead by the police, confirmed the police.

Initial reports claims about 20 to 50 people were injured, but according to a police spokesman, Bernd Hochstaedter no one was wounded.
In a statement by the interior minister of Hesse state, Peter Beuth, to regional parliament; 

''The attacker, who carried a rifle or "long gun", acted alone and appeared to have been a "disturbed man",

The presence of heavily-armed policemen were seen outside the movie theater complex.

According to reports, the shooter allegedly gained entrance into the cinema heavily armed around 3pm before the shooting started. He then reportedly shut himself inside.

Bernd Hochstaedter said that the man had not been identified yet to determine his motive, adding that nothing immediately indicted him to having a militant background.
Bernd Hochstaedter  could only describe the incident as “an unclear threat situation”.