BREAKING — SHOOTING AT VIERNHEIM, GERMANY MOVIE THEATER
An armed man entered a movie theater in southwestern Germany and opened fire.
25 people are reportedly injured!
The gunman was reportedly shot dead.
GUNMAN SHOT DEAD IN GERMAN TOWN OF VIERNHEIM – LOCAL NEWSPAPER CITES STATE INTERIOR MINISTER AS SAYING: RTRS
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 23, 2016
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#Viernheim shooting: @PeterGOliver_RT reports on attack at #Kinopolis cinema complex,Germany https://t.co/s71PLQlnb0 pic.twitter.com/veOmqIVtTl
— RT (@RT_com) June 23, 2016
Breaking: Reports of “threat situation,” involving "some sort of weapon" at German movie theater according to police pic.twitter.com/rH1EZdDS6t
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 23, 2016
UPDATE: The gunman took several hostages.
#Viernheim: according to Minister Beuth, the gunman took several hostages and was armed with a long gun
pic.twitter.com/NAIxyK7fmQ— I.E.N. (@GoldenKrant) June 23, 2016
UPDATE: The “Masked” Attackers were reportedly shot dead.
UPDATE: Gunman took hostages at German cinema, police shot him dead, no other people injured: N-TV television station
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 23, 2016
UPDATE: The gunman – who has not been identified – was reportedly wearing a suicide belt.
Update #Viernheim Kinopolis Täter trug Sturmhaube, Springerstiefel. Neben Leiche Handgranate & Sprengstoffgürtel – unklar, ob scharf @BILD
— Max Schneider (@MaxxSchneider) June 23, 2016
UPDATE: After several hours there is still no word on the identity of the suspect.