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| Munich Shopping Mall Evacuated After Reports of Gunfire | Munich Shopping Mall Evacuated After Reports of Gunfire |
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| BERLIN — The police in Munich ordered people on Friday afternoon to stay away from a large shopping mall, the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum, after reports of gunfire. The Bayerischer Rundfunk, the public broadcaster in Munich, reported that a witness saw a gunman opening fire around a cafe and in the subway station under the mall. | BERLIN — The police in Munich ordered people on Friday afternoon to stay away from a large shopping mall, the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum, after reports of gunfire. The Bayerischer Rundfunk, the public broadcaster in Munich, reported that a witness saw a gunman opening fire around a cafe and in the subway station under the mall. |
| The police were called shortly before 6 p.m., and a large area around the shopping mall was cordoned off. | The police were called shortly before 6 p.m., and a large area around the shopping mall was cordoned off. |
| The Munich police warned people around the mall to stay in their homes and get off the street, amid reports that the gunman was still at large. On Twitter and on television, witnesses reported hearing sirens and police helicopters . | |
| The Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper cited unnamed police officials as saying that several people had been killed, but there was no official confirmation from the authorities. | |
| At least one photo distributed on social media appeared to show bodies of dead or injured people in the mall; the authorities urged people not to circulate such images, or to spread rumors. | At least one photo distributed on social media appeared to show bodies of dead or injured people in the mall; the authorities urged people not to circulate such images, or to spread rumors. |
| The Olympia-Einkaufszentrum, which opened in time for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, bills itself as the largest shopping center in the southern state of Bavaria. | The Olympia-Einkaufszentrum, which opened in time for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, bills itself as the largest shopping center in the southern state of Bavaria. |
| Police and security forces in Germany were already on alert after a 17-year-old man wielding an ax on Monday attacked passengers on a train and then a woman walking her dog, before he was shot dead by the police. | Police and security forces in Germany were already on alert after a 17-year-old man wielding an ax on Monday attacked passengers on a train and then a woman walking her dog, before he was shot dead by the police. |