At least one person has been killed and several others injured in a shooting in southwestern Germany, police said.
The gunman, believed to have a personal motive, carried out the attack in the town of Rot am See.
A police spokesman in the nearby city of Aalen told AFP that "several" people were wounded and more than one killed. But he could not confirm reports of six people killed.
A man with a personal connection to the victims had been arrested, the spokesman added.
The Bild newspaper reported that the people killed were all family members of the attacker.
The shooting took place at around 12.45pm local time (11.45am Irish time) near the train station in Rot am See, near the town of Heidelberg.

 FROM BBC WORLD NEWS:
Six people have been killed and others wounded in a shooting in the south-west German town of Rot am See.
Police say a suspect has been arrested after the attack, reportedly in a building close to the railway station.
Police in the state of Baden-Württemberg said initial indications suggested there was a relationship between the suspect and the victims.
There was no evidence that anyone else was involved in the shooting, they said.
The Bild website reported that those killed in the attack were family members, but there was no confirmation from police.
The shooting happened at around 12:45 (11:45 GMT) in Bahnhofstrasse, local media report, and police said they responded with a large operation.
Rot am See is a small town of some 5,000 residents and local reports say the suspect is in his thirties.
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