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Munich shooting: major police operation under way at shopping centre - live Munich shooting: police say several people killed in 'rampage' - live
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Authorities say three dead
Kate ConnollyKate Connolly
An emergency call was received at 6pm local time after the man opened fire in a drugstore in the Olympia Shopping Centre in the Moosach district of the southern German city. The German interior ministry has confirmed three dead.
A police spokeswoman told German media: “We believe this is a big incident”. Police and ambulance crews were on site within minutes of the call. Reports of shootings at Karlsplatz, Stachus and Odeonplatz are unconfirmed. Odeonplatz is around 7km away from the Olympia shopping centre. Either the same man who fled shopping centre, or various perpetrators are on the loose.
The man is believed to have fled the shopping centre and headed for a nearby underground station. There was no indication as to the motivation of the attack. ButGermany is on high alert after a man wielding an axe and knife attacked train passengers near the southern city of Würzburg earlier this week. 6.50pm BST
The Olympia shopping centre is a two-tiered glass covered mall. It was built on the site of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The Munich Olympics was overshadowed by a terrorist attack in which 11 Israeli sportsmen and a German policeman were killed after being taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists. 18:50
6.18pm BST German police say they do not know where the attackers are and advises people to avoid public places.
18:18 Wir wissen derzeit nicht wo sich die Täter befinden.Passt auf Euch auf und meidet nach wie vor die Öffentlichkeit #oez #münchen #schießerei
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German special force police have arrived on the scene, the local TV station NTV says.
The Munich transport authorities say they have halted services on multiple train, tram and bus lines after the incident, Reuters reports.
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“Many shots were fired,” an employee inside the Munich shopping centre tells the Reuters news agency.
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Germany’s Muencher Abendzeitung is reporting that up to 15 people have been killed. Again, police have not officially confirmed any casualty figures. The shooting began at a McDonald’s restaurant, a police spokeswoman has told the local BR24 news outlet, and it is not yet known whether there were one or more attackers.
6.04pm BST Video footage seen by the Guardian also appears to show a man shooting outside a McDonald’s restaurant.
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The security consulting firm Kronos Advisory has the following:
#MUNICH News of events in Germany is beginning to spread on IS-linked Telegram channels pic.twitter.com/6ZfsSQmsiZ
There is, however, nothing at the moment that gives any indication of any possible motives for the shootings and it should be noted that talk on such channels does not in itself point directly to any involvement by Islamic State militants.
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Jon Henley
Suddeutsche Zeitung cites a police spokesperson as saying several people have been killed and more injured in the shootout at the Olympia shopping mall.
The paper said a large police operation was under way and that police were “assuming there was just a single perpetrator”.
An employee at the nearby DM drugstore told the paper by phone that she heard “shots and saw injured people ... We can not go outside.”
The Guardian has not independently confirmed these details.
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Police are telling people to stay clear of the Olympia shopping centre in Munich. The British Foreign Office has issued an alert warning British citizens in Munich to follow the instructions of the authorities.
Im Moment haben wir einen großen Polizeieinsatz am OEZ. Bitte meiden Sie den Bereich um das Einkaufszentrum. “There are reports of an incident at the Munich Olympia shopping centre. You are advised to avoid this location and follow the advice of local authorities,” it said in updated travel advice on Germany.
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Shots fired at a shopping centre in Munich Police are now also asking people not to post images or videos of the police operation online, in order to avoid helping any attacker:
Emma Graham-Harrison Bitte keine Fotos/Filme von polizeilichen Maßnahmen online stellen. Unterstützt nicht die Täter! #oez #Schießerei #münchen
German police are evacuating a shopping centre in Munich after receiving reports that shots were fired, and a major police operation is under way in the city. 6.40pm BST
Munich’s security forces have been on alert after a teenager armed with an axe and a knife attacked passengers on a regional train in northern Bavaria on Monday, before being shot dead by police. 18:40
German officials were treating that as the first attack with a jihadi motive by an asylum seeker on German soil. 6.39pm BST
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Police are warning people to “avoid public places in Munich. The situation is still unclear”.
Meiden Sie öffentliche Plätze in #München. Die Lage ist noch unübersichtlich. #oez #Schießerei
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This unverified footage from a Twitter user appears to show people running from a shopping centre in the German city of Munich on Friday evening after a gunman opened fire in the building. The building, located in the district of Moosach, was evacuated amid a major police operation:
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Jon Henley
The Merkur local newspaper reports that the alleged attacker may have opened fire in three places, possibly including Munich’s large Stachus square.
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The Guardian has seen video footage believed to have been taken at the Munich shopping centre showing a gunman firing at people running.
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Some more reliable information coming in from police now.
A spokeswoman has said that multiple people have been killed and wounded in the shooting, Reuters reported. “We believe we are dealing with a shooting rampage,” a police spokeswoman said, adding she believed more than one shooter was involved. Police were still evacuating the mall, she added.
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Süddeutsche Zeitung is reporting that at least one person has been killed and 10 injured. Still no confirmation from police.
According to Germany’s DPA news agency, police “expect multiple dead”.