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Munich Shopping Mall Evacuated After Reports of Gunfire Several Are Believed Dead in Shooting at Shopping Center in Munich
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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 — A gunman opened fire at a shopping mall in Munich late Friday afternoon, killing several people and wounding several others, according to German news media reports.
The police were called shortly before 6 p.m., and a large area around the shopping mall was cordoned off. The shooting started in a fast-food restaurant at 5:52 p.m., according to initial police accounts. The police ordered people to stay away from the shopping mall, the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum. They shut down traffic and issued an extraordinary appeal for people to avoid public places, including the subway system, suggesting that the gunman might still be at large. On Twitter and on television, witnesses reported hearing sirens and police helicopters.
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 situation is still completely confusing,” Thomas Baumann, a deputy spokesman of the Munich police, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, the German press agency. “It is not clear whether is one or many shooters.”
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. 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.
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 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.
The Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper also cited unnamed police officials as saying that several people had been killed, but there was no official confirmation from the authorities.
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.