Mass shooting in Australia’s Darwin kills four

Four people have been killed after an unidentified man opened fire at the Palms Motel in Darwin, the capital of Australia's Northern Territory.

According to the NT Newsnewspaper, a 45-year-old man walked into the motel holding a pump-action shotgun. He gunned down four and left at least two injured. The gunman then reportedly fled the scene and later opened fire on passers-by in the city's suburb. The newspaper said the gunman had been arrested in a police operation.

The two injured people have been hospitalized in a stable condition. A police investigation has been launched.