Three people are dead after a gunman opened fire on the third floor of the Palace of Justice in Milan on Thursday morning.

Claudio Giardiello, a defendant who was on trial for fraudulent bankruptcy, was reportedly to have opened fire at one of the witnesses and two men sitting in the gallery.

Judge Fernando Ciampi was reportedly shot dead in his office.

People were told to stay in the courtroom as the shooting taking place, while police officers tried to locate the gunman. At least four or five gunshots were heard during the attack.

Giardiello, who tried to flee on a scooter was arrested by carabinieri police in city of Vimercate.

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