Gunman shoots two from convertible in Germany

Suspect, reported to be a lone gunman, was arrested shortly after attack near Ansbach

Policemen stand at a crime scene in Tiefenthal-Leutershausen near Ansbach, southern Germany, after a gunman in a car killed a woman and a cyclist in drive-by shootings. Photograph: Daniel Karmann/AFP/Getty Images
Policemen stand at a crime scene in Tiefenthal-Leutershausen near Ansbach, southern Germany, after a gunman in a car killed a woman and a cyclist in drive-by shootings. Photograph: Daniel Karmann/AFP/Getty Images

A man shot and killed two people near the town of Ansbach in northern Bavaria and the suspect was under arrest, German police said on Friday.

The gunman shot a woman from his silver Mercedes convertible in Leutershausen-Tiefenthal and later shot a cyclist in nearby Rammersdorf, police in southern Germany said.

The man also appears to have shot at two other people, a farmer and another motorist, but they were unhurt, police said.

Local media reported that the suspect was detained at a petrol station in Bad Windsheim, several kilometres to the north of Ansbach.

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Police plan to hold a news conference this afternoon.

Agencies