Two dead in shooting in German town

A man and a woman were killed in a shooting spree in the center of the western German town of Espelkamp, and the shooter was on the run, police said on Thursday, Report informs.

Bild newspaper quoted police as saying that the situation appeared to be a case of someone "running amok." It said special police commandos were attending the scene.

Espelkamp, a town of some 20,000 people, is in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.