Two shot dead at Virginia Tech University

A man killed a police officer and then apparently killed himself at Virginia Tech, police and school officials said.

Virginia Tech was the site of America's worst ever single shooting incident back in 2007, when 32 people were killed and 25 others wounded after a student opened fire at them on campus.

Senior University figures were given news of the recent shooting while in Washington, appealing against a federal fine imposed because of a poor response during the 2007 incident.

Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports from Washington.