Two shot dead in southern Germany, police arrest suspect

BERLIN – 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 (miles) to the north of Ansbach. Police plan to hold a news conference on Friday afternoon. -Reuters