Two people were injured after shots were fired outside a court building in the northwestern German city of Bielefeld.

Two people were injured, one of them critically, after three shots were fired outside a court building in the northwestern German city of Bielefeld.

One suspect has been arrested.

According to the local media reports, the targets of the shooting were relatives of a defendant in a trial that was being heard inside the court on Wednesday.

A court spokesperson said the shots were fired shortly after the end of a hearing in the trial of two men over the death of Besar Nimani, a former professional boxer.

The German dpa news agency, citing police sources, also reported that the incident was being treated as a targeted attack on people linked to the case.

In the case, two men are accused of having fired 16 shots at Nimani, killing him as he left a barber shop on the city’s high street.

The trial is taking place under tight security, with police guarding the court building and visitors, witnesses and reporters undergoing searches before entering.

Edited by: Sean M. Sinico

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