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| Munich shooting: Police say eight dead as manhunt continues | |
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| German police are engaged in a huge anti-terror manhunt in the city of Munich after eight people died in a shopping mall shooting. | |
| Police confirmed eight deaths at the Olympia mall and several wounded. | |
| The attackers are still on the run. Witnesses said they had seen three with guns. Police urged people to avoid public places. | The attackers are still on the run. Witnesses said they had seen three with guns. Police urged people to avoid public places. |
| Shop workers are still in the mall, in the north-western Moosach district. Public transport has been suspended. | Shop workers are still in the mall, in the north-western Moosach district. Public transport has been suspended. |
| Police are now describing it as "an acute terror situation". They say the first reports of a shooting in Hanauer Street came in just before 18:00 (16:00 GMT). | Police are now describing it as "an acute terror situation". They say the first reports of a shooting in Hanauer Street came in just before 18:00 (16:00 GMT). |
| The Bavarian capital's central railway station has been evacuated. | The Bavarian capital's central railway station has been evacuated. |
| People stranded by the emergency and unable to get home are being offered shelter by locals. The initiative was launched with the Twitter hashtag #Offenetür (open door). | People stranded by the emergency and unable to get home are being offered shelter by locals. The initiative was launched with the Twitter hashtag #Offenetür (open door). |
| Follow the latest developments in our live blog | Follow the latest developments in our live blog |
| Police helicopters are flying over the city and special forces are involved in the massive police deployment. | Police helicopters are flying over the city and special forces are involved in the massive police deployment. |
| Bavarian public radio reports that an elite border security unit, GSG9, is heading for Munich with several helicopters. | Bavarian public radio reports that an elite border security unit, GSG9, is heading for Munich with several helicopters. |
| Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer is holding a crisis meeting with security advisers. The German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere has cut short his holiday. | |
| Meanwhile the neighbouring Czech Republic is boosting its border security. | Meanwhile the neighbouring Czech Republic is boosting its border security. |
| German security forces have been on alert since a teenage migrant stabbed and injured five people on a train in Bavaria on Monday, in an attack claimed by so-called Islamic State. | German security forces have been on alert since a teenage migrant stabbed and injured five people on a train in Bavaria on Monday, in an attack claimed by so-called Islamic State. |
| The authorities had warned of the danger of further incidents. | The authorities had warned of the danger of further incidents. |
| More details have begun emerging about events at the shopping centre. | |
| Local resident Dominic Faust described how people entered the mall screaming. | |
| "Those people told us that there was a shooting outside and so the security closed the door of this mall and asked everybody to go upstairs to the fifth floor," he said. | |
| A man working at a petrol station in Munich earlier told the BBC: "We see just ambulances and firemen and police but all this area is evacuated, all the streets. | |
| "Now [there] are no cars just on the side of the streets. All of the streets are blocked. I see that the people are scared. Everybody are running around." | "Now [there] are no cars just on the side of the streets. All of the streets are blocked. I see that the people are scared. Everybody are running around." |
| Munich police said they did not know where "the perpetrators" were. "Look after yourselves and avoid public places". | Munich police said they did not know where "the perpetrators" were. "Look after yourselves and avoid public places". |
| Munich police also urged people to help their operation by avoiding speculation and to desist from using photos or video of their deployments online. | |
| Are you in the area? Did you witness the shooting? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your experiences. | Are you in the area? Did you witness the shooting? You can email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk with your experiences. |
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