[Fitzy_888]

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Police shoot gunman dead after he stormed German cinema and opened fire before letting off tear gas and taking hostages

[BenLurkin]

entered the Kinopolis cinema 'Rambo-style' with a gunbelt of cartridges draped across his shoulder and his weapon in his hand.

Could have been worse. Could have hand his gun in his hand.

(hat tip to R. Lee Ermey)

[BuffaloJack]

“A masked gunman has been shot dead by police after storming a German cinema complex and opening fire. “

This isn’t much better, grammatically, than the other article.
Did the gunman storm the cinema or did the police storm the cinema?

[Capt. Tom]

The motive for the attack is unclear - whether he is a 'lone wolf' terrorist or a deranged individual.

This implies there are only 2 reasons for the attack.
I can think of some other possibilities.

The writer should have stopped after:
The motive for the attack is unclear...-Tom

[txrefugee]

Gee....cartridges over his shoulder and a gun in his hand? How could that be in gun free Germany? Or Paris? Or Brussles? But the clueless socialists in our House are sitting on the floor and whimpering about wanting Congress to outlaw guns in the USA. They should be treated as domestic enemies.

[wtd]

Now authorities claim they aren't sure the weapon was real!

Conflicting updates ....link

Update - 4.35pm: Police spokesman Bernd Hochstaedter said authorities were told early on Thursday afternoon that an armed man had entered the Kinopolis movie theatre in the town of Viernheim and that shots had apparently been fired. Hesse's interior minister, Peter Beuth, said it was not clear whether the weapon was real. Hochstaedter said that the police deployment lasted around three hours. He said: "We believe that there were no injured people, and that the people who were in the cinema with the perpetrator could be freed uninjured."

Update - 4.25pm: Police say no one has been injured by a gunman at German cinema. Update - 4.10pm: A man who launched a gun attack in a cinema complex in Viernheim, Germany, has been shot dead, local media has reported, quoting the interior Ministry.

Update - 4.05pm: A man has been arrested after at least 20 people were injured after a gun attack in a cinema complex in Viernheim, Germany, local media has reported.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

When will Germany control guns?!

[seawolf101]

They need to outlaw guns in Germany or these outrageous mass shootings will never stop. Oh yeah they are already outlawed in Germany. Sarc.

[stompk]

a different article mentions it being a blank gun. the only injuries were from tear gas as the police took the building.