A 78-year-old man on Monday entered into a local clinic in Kaiserslautern, west Germany as he opened fire and shot two doctors to death, then took his own life.

The shooting took place around 15:30 local time (1430 GMT) in a medical clinic in the small town with some 4,600 inhabitants, when the shooter was said to have repeatedly shot at the two general practitioners.

The killer then fled the site before the police followed up to his house, local police spokesman said.

Besieged in his house, the suspect opened fire again and hit a police officer, who was badly injured.

A unit of special police surrounded the house of shooter and found the body of the old man, who had committed a suicide with a gunshot.

Local police would hold a joint press conference with the prosecutor on Tuesday morning to provide further details.