A gunman has opened fire on students at a university near Chicago in the United States, killing five people before turning the gun on himself, police say.The shooting took place at Northern Illinois University, in De Kalb, 65 miles (100km) west of Chicago.
Students ran for cover as a white male armed with two handguns and a shotgun opened fire in a lecture theatre.
Police said he had shot himself before they arrived on the scene and that there was no apparent motive.
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