An armed man who was entrenched Thursday afternoon in a western movie Germany was killed by police, said local authorities, who have assured that there were no other casualties or injured.
An unidentified man attacked the cinema visitors in the German town of Viernheim, located in the state of Hesse in the west of Germany.
It is reported that more than 20 people in need of medical care, many due to the fact that were poisoned by tear gas.
There have been conflicting reports about how the attack happened.
According to Bild, an armed man entered the Kinopolis movie theater at the mall about three o'clock in the afternoon local time. In his hand was a gun, and on the shoulder - bandolier.
Bild writes that he shot into the air, and then in the cinema started to panic, and people were trying to leave the building.
Cinema was cordoned off by police.
Frankfurter Allgemeine writes that it is unclear whether the attack was carried out for ideological reasons, and we are talking about a failed robbery.
According to Peter Fear of an attack message was received by the police at 2:45 am local time. The caller said that armed masked man entered the theater. It is unclear whether this weapon, the minister added.
"The caller heard four shots, and added that the masked man, apparently suffering from some kind of mental disorder",
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