Shooting: A 27-year-old Turkish man have open fire in a saloon shop leaving several people critically injured and one dead

Police in the scene

A man believed to be a Turkish man opened fire in a saloon, injuring several people and taking one person hostage in a near-by apartment.

German police have since arrived at the scene and met one man has already lost his life probably from the attack with another person who is known to be a woman was in critical condition and have been rushed to hospital.

The German police later discovered he is a 27-year-old Turkish and shot in a hairdressing saloon in Duren, Germany, those that witnessed the shooting said the shooter went into the saloon and shouted at a women before opening fire.

The shooter, understood to be a 27-year-old Turkish man, is believed to have fired indiscriminately into the bustling hairdressers' shop in Dueren, Germany.

Regional police spokesperson Ulrich Braun said: "This may be a crime of passions."

German police say the attacker fled the scene and holed himself up in a nearby apartment, taking at least one person hostage.

Emergency services swarmed on the scene and stormed the building where they found one man, believed to be the shooter, dead.

Another woman was severely injured and is currently in intensive care at a nearby hospital.

A Dueren police spokeswoman said: "Shots were reported. A male suspect is in a building complex in the city center and he may have taken a hostage.

"We have no contact with him and are not aware of whether he has any demands."

Much of Dueren city centre has been cordoned off by police.

One person died in a separate shooting 60 miles away earlier today.

The incident took place in Hagen, located about, German N-TV reports.

A man armed "with a sword or a long knife" was shot dead by police after refusing to drop his weapon.

Nobody has said why the shooter opened fire.