FIVE KILLED AND TWO WOUNDED AFTER MAN OPENS FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA

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Five people were killed and two children wounded after a man wearing a bullet-proof vest opened fire on a group of people in the US city of Philadelphia.

The suspected attacker, a 40-year-old man who is now in custody, was carrying an AR-15-style rifle, a handgun, a police scanner and ammunition.

He has no known connection to the victims and, with no clear motive, the shooting appeared to be random.

Police were called to the city’s south-western area on Monday.

Officers then chased the suspect on foot while gunfire continued to ring out, damaging parked cars and littering the streets with shell casings.

At about 8:40 local time, police cornered the man in an alleyway. Before he surrendered and was taken into custody without further incident.