Post date: Sep 20, 2010 1:12:21 PM
Armed woman goes on a shooting spree in German border town, leaving four people dead.
GERMANY-SHOOTING - Terror in the southern German town of Loerrach, near the Swiss border, after a woman went on a shooting rampage, leaving four people dead, and a number of others injured.
Shots were first heard coming from an apartment block in the centre of the city, and shortly afterwards a woman armed with a gun was seen running from the building, which caught on fire.
Residents described what they saw.
AN UNIDENTIFIED NEIGHBOUR WHO LIVES IN THE BUILDING HIT BY EXPLOSION, SAYING:
"Ten minutes before the accident, my wife and I came through this passageway with our bicycles on our way home. We were sitting down for dinner when we suddenly heard a very loud bang. We ran to our balcony and saw a huge flame coming from this apartment."
Later, the woman entered a nearby hospital where she fired off several rounds before she was shot dead in an exchange with police.
According to police, two people were killed inside the hospital and the bodies of two others were found in the house.
A police officer was also seriously wounded.
A local state prosecutor told local media the deaths were all linked, but the motive for the killings was unclear.
Kirsty Basset, Reuters.