Sharjah 24 – AFP: A gunman injured several people in a shooting inside a lecture hall at Heidelberg University in southwestern Germany on Monday, police said, adding that the perpetrator was now dead.
"A lone perpetrator injured several people in a lecture hall with a long gun. The perpetrator is dead," Mannheim police said in a statement.
A major police operation was under way at the university's Neuenheimer Feld campus, they added on Twitter, urging people to steer clear of the area "so that rescue workers and emergency services can travel freely".
Heidelberg is a picturesque university town in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, home to a population of around 160,000 people.
The university's Neuenheimer Feld campus hosts natural sciences departments, part of the university clinic as well as a botanical garden.
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