A person has been critically injured in a shooting near a German primary school in the north-western town of Bramsche on Tuesday. The shooter then injured himself with the gun, a police spokesperson in the city of Osnabrueck said. 

Both shooter and victim have been brought to a hospital and are being treated. witnesses to the incident were being interviewed and there was no longer any danger to the public, Reuters reported.

The incident took place near Martinusschule primary school but was unrelated to the school. German news outlet Bild reported that police arrested the gunman shortly after being informed of the incident.

This is a developing story 

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