Man guns down three judges, kills himself

CHANGSHA - A man firing an automatic weapon burst into a court office in Hunan province on Tuesday, fatally shooting three judges and wounding three other people before killing himself, local authorities said.

The incident happened at 10:05 am at Lingling district court in Yongzhou, the city's public security department said.

The attacker, identified as 46-year-old Zhu Jun, a security supervisor, barged into an office on the fourth floor of the court building and started shooting with a submachine gun and two pistols at several judges.