Man storms German school, several wounded-police

BERLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) A masked man brandishing a gun stormed an elementary school in a small west German town today, firing shots and wounding several people, German police said.

Earlier one television station reported that the man had killed someone, but the police did not confirm that.

German television stations said the man may have been a former student at the school and had taken hostages.

Special forces were outside the school, police said.

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