Gun man killed in theater hostage situation in Germany

[Subyman]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/23/europe/germany-mass-shooting/index.html

Supposedly 25 injured. Shooter has been shot.

A mass shooting at a cinema in Viernheim, Germany, has left at least 25 people injured, German public TV reported Thursday.

Viernheim is in western Germany, near Frankfurt.
The shooter entered the cinema, apparently heavily armed, around 3 p.m. local time, authorities said.

UPDATE:

Reuters shows the true story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-attack-idUSKCN0Z91OT

German media said earlier that the masked man had opened fire at the cinema complex in the small town near Frankfurt.

[...]

Police shot the man dead after elite forces stormed the complex, the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper reported, citing the interior minister of Hesse state. The man was described as "disturbed".

Bild daily said that according to police about 25 people had been exposed to tear gas.

 

[Artdeco]

Thank goodness Germany's gun laws stopped this.

 

[dphantom]

50 wounded now I saw and shooter dead

 

[Monk5127]

From the CNN link

It's not clear if any of the injured were shot, or were injured in other ways.
Police said they won't release any more details until the operation is over.

Bit early to call it a mass shooting no?

 

[LegendKiller]

If only they had strict gun laws...

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Thank goodness Germany's gun laws stopped this.

Yeah, keep on winning people over with comments like this.

 

[Artdeco]

Yeah, keep on winning people over with comments like this.

Have you seen their laws? They're very strict, no military weapons, all kinds of tests & hoops to jump through.

Looks like Muslim terrorism, Ramadan isn't over yet.

 

[Mxylplyx]

Thank goodness Germany's gun laws stopped this.

So you are insinuating that because Germany's gun crime rate is > 0, their gun laws are ineffective?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Thank goodness Germany's gun laws stopped this.

If only they had strict gun laws...

Guys they're wounded, not dead. Compare that to Aurora CO 12(?) dead.

 

[Artdeco]

So you are insinuating that because Germany's gun crime rate is > 0, their gun laws are ineffective?

Sure, that's exactly what I meant.

 

[Artdeco]

Guys they're wounded, not killed. Compare that the Aurora CO 12(?) dead.

I'm sure the people shot and maimed find significant comfort in this. 😵

 

[JD50]

Thank goodness Germany's gun laws stopped this.

If only they had strict gun laws...

Hanging on to these two for later.

Edit - https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/746002746575306752

UPDATE: Gunman took hostages at German cinema, police shot him dead, no other people injured: N-TV television station

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I'm sure the people shot and maimed find significant comfort in this. 😵

and I'm sure the wounded would love to make guns more available in Germany. Stop it this is a stupid discussion at this time.

 

[JD50]

I'm sure the people shot and maimed find significant comfort in this. 😵

You wouldn't find comfort in being injured instead of dead?

I support most gun rights by the way.

 

[sandorski]

When something like this happens outside the US, it's News because it is very rare. When it happens inside the US, it merely overshadows the previous shooting.

 

[umbrella39]

Thank goodness Germany's gun laws stopped this.

Hire a new writer...

 

[glenn1]

and I'm sure the wounded would love to make guns more available in Germany. Stop it this is a stupid discussion at this time.

All that news stories like this do nowadays is reinforce peoples' existing positions on political football issues like gun control or terrorism.

 

[Subyman]

From the CNN link


Bit early to call it a mass shooting no?

Link says the "attackers" were heavily armed. I'd be really surprised if they meant they had battle axes and studded armor.

 

[Artdeco]

and I'm sure the wounded would love to make guns more available in Germany. Stop it this is a stupid discussion at this time.

Hmmm, looks like the media got it wrong?

How could that possibly happen?

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Hanging on to these two for later.

Edit - https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/746002746575306752

That matches what I read elsewhere. Trying to find it again. The injuries were related to tear gas inhalation, not firearm wounds.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I'm going to speculate it was some kind of homemade plinker gun and it ultimately failed.

Police shot the man dead after elite forces stormed the complex, the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper reported, citing the interior minister of Hesse state. The man was described as "disturbed".

Bild daily said that according to police about 25 people had been exposed to tear gas.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...stages-in-german-cinema/ar-AAhxdSc?li=BBnbfcL

 

[Strk]

Thank goodness Germany's gun laws stopped this.

Common here, rare there; so I think they've done a pretty good job.

I don't think anyone has ever claimed strict gun laws stop it, but significantly reduce it.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Hmmm, looks like the media got it wrong?

How could that possibly happen?

Duhversion...

 

[Triloby]

Looks like the only fatality was the shooter. All injuries to the 25 people or so were caused by the tear-gas used by the police.

 

[JD50]

Hmmm, looks like the media got it wrong?

How could that possibly happen?

That has nothing to do with the point that you tried to make. What do you think the victims of this "mass shooting" would say if you asked them about Germany's gun laws? Do you think they would be happier if they were killed by a firearm instead of wounded by tear gas?