SEOUL - Two people were killed in a shooting incident at a farm in Northern South Korea on Monday, according to local media.

The shooting took place at around 11:24 a.m. local time at a farm in Paju, Gyeonggi province, as a gunman using a shotgun opened fire towards the two victims, including his common-law wife, Seoul's Yonhap News Agency reported.

The man was arrested shortly after the incident, and an investigation was underway, local police were quoted as saying.