Six people, including a child under the age of ten, were killed in the southern English city of Plymouth last night (Thursday to Friday), in a shocking shooting incident.
According to local police, the bodies of the shooter and his victims, including two women and two men, were found at the scene of the incident.
Another woman was evacuated to the hospital in critical condition and there doctors were forced to determine her death.
Police have stressed that there is no suspicion of a link to terrorism.
Britain is one of the countries with the lowest murder rates in the world, and shooting incidents are also considered rare.
In fact, this is the first mass shooting incident in 11 years.
The Times quoted a resident of the neighborhood where the shooting took place, who said the shooter kicked the door of a detached house before opening fire on a mother and daughter.
The witness said she said the killer, who was wearing black and gray clothes, was armed with a semi-automatic machine gun.
It was further reported that the killer then fled to the park behind the house and shot two passers-by who were walking with their dogs.
Local medical officials reported that they were operating in a multi-casualty arena to which many ambulances and doctors arrived.
