At least two people were killed and several others injured in a shooting incident on Tuesday in a southern German town, police said.

A gunman opened fire in different rooms of a courthouse in the town of Landshut, 73 km northeast of Munich, said police spokesman Leonard Mayer.

Two people have been found dead, said Mayer, adding the gunman probably shot himself dead after the attack, but police was not clear who else were killed in the shooting.

The courthouse was completely evacuated after the shooting, which began at about 10:15 a.m. local time (0815 GMT).

Last month, a campus shooting spree in a town near Stuttgart killed 16 people, including the gunman.

(Xinhua News Agency April 7, 2009)