A masked man with a gun and an ammunition belt opened fire in a cinema complex Thursday in the German town of Viernheim, which is south of Frankfurt, according to German media reports. The man has injured between 20 and 50 people and has barricaded himself inside the cinema, according to German newspaper the Darmstaedter Echo. The daily Bild said that an elite police force from Frankfurt was headed toward the cinema complex, which is housed in the Rhein-Neckar-Zentrum mall.
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