German cinema attacker takes hostages before being killed by police

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CNN:

Holly Yan, CNN

Updated 12:57 PM ET, Thu June 23, 2016

 

(CNN)A masked gunman stormed a German cinema Thursday afternoon, taking hostages before he was killed by police, officials said.

The rifle-wielding man entered the cinema in Viernheim, near Frankfurt in western Germany, shortly before 3 p.m. local time, Hesse Interior Minister Peter Beuth said.

 

Police received reports of four shots fired.

 

German public TV initially said 25 people were injured, but it wasn't clear if they were shot or hurt in other ways.

 

After the ordeal ended, a Viernheim police spokesman told CNN that no one was injured by gunfire aside from the attacker.

 

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