At least 15 people have been killed in a shooting at a school in south-west Germany, police say.
Most of the dead are thought to have been pupils at the Albertville secondary school in Winnenden, north of Stuttgart.
Unconfirmed reports say the gunman, a 17-year-old former pupil wearing black combat gear, was arrested after fleeing into the town centre.
Police, rescue teams and fire fig More..hters are at the school.
"We have to assume a death toll in the double-digits," a spokeswoman for the interior ministry in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg told the Reuters news agency.
These are students," she said.
The editor of the local paper, Frank Nipkau, told television channel N-TV that eight pupils and two adults were among the dead.
The incident is reported to have begun around 0945 (0845 GMT).
About 1,000 children are thought to attend the school, in the town some 20km (12 miles) north-east of Stuttgart.
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