A masked man with a gun and ammunition belt opened fire in a cinema complex in the small western German town of Viernheim, near Frankfurt, injuring between 20 and 50 people and barricaded himself inside, German media reported on Thursday (June 23). <br /> <br />Bild daily and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that elite police were on their way to the scene. <br /> <br />The Darmstaedter Echo said 20 to 50 people had been injured. <br /> <br />Local newspapers cite the interior minister as saying the gunman was shot dead. <br /> <br />Police were not immediately available to comment.
