BREAKING: Gunman opens fire in a hospital in Berlin this afternoon

This is a developing story

According to emerging reports, shots were fired at the University Clinic in the Steglitz district of Berlin this afternoon at approximately 1pm local time.

German newspaper, Bild, report that a doctor has been shot and killed during the incident and the gunman has turned the gun on himself.

#BREAKING – A doctor has been shot at and gunman has shot himself at clinic in Berlin – German newspaper Bild

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The news comes after a week of violence in Germany which saw the death of 13 individuals and the hospitalisation of dozens more.

Across the border in France earlier today, French police shot and killed two knife-wielding individuals who had taken hostage of a group of worshippers at a church in the Haute-Normandie region of the country.

Police do not have any further details on this afternoon's incident in Berlin.