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2nd LD: Gunman commits suicide after shooting doctor at clinic in Berlin

Xinhua, July 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

A gunman killed himself after shooting a doctor at a clinic in Berlin on Tuesday, local police said.

The attack happened at around 13:00 local time (1200GMT). The doctor was seriously wounded, and under intensive care, a police spokesman told Xinhua, adding that the gunman was a patient of the clinic in southwestern Berlin.

"We have no evidence of other injured people and more perpetrators," the police said on its official Twitter account.

Security forces have arrived at the clinic and controlled the situation. There is no danger at the clinic, said the police, asking the public not to speculate and spread rumors. Endit