A GUNMAN and a woman have been shot dead at a court in Bavaria today.

A GUNMAN and a woman have been shot dead at a court in Bavaria today.

A police spokesman said several shots were fired in the administrative court in the town of Landshutat, 50 miles from Munich, at about 10.15am.

The gunman killed a woman and injured several others before shooting himself.

It is thought that he and his victim were related.