Gunman opens fire at US college

A gunman has opened fire on students at a university near Chicago in the United States, wounding at least 15 people.

The shooting took place at Northern Illinois University, in De Kalb, 65 miles (100 km) west of Chicago.

Several people have been taken to hospital with serious head wounds. University officials say police confirm that the gunman killed himself.

Last Friday, a woman shot dead two fellow students before killing herself e at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge. In Memphis, Tennessee, a 17-year-old is accused of shooting and critically wounding a student on Monday, and a 15-year-old was shot at a junior high school in California on Tuesday.