BREAKING NEWS:
'Several Dead' and 10 Injured in Shooting Rampage Inside a Munich Shopping Centre as Police Hunt Gunman
- At least one person has died and another 10 people are injured in Munich
- Gunman went on a shooting spree in a shopping centre near Olympic park
- Area around the Munich Olympia Shopping Centre has been sealed off
- The gunman has reportedly fled the scene via the underground network
Daily Mail UK, 22 July 2016
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Shots have been fired at a shopping centre in Munich this afternoon. A major police operation has begun in the German city, according to local media reports. People were seen running from the shopping mall to get away from the incident. The area around the Munich Olympia Shopping Centre in the district of Moosach has been sealed off as emergency services try to control the situation. One picture on social media shows a man lying on the ground with a blanket over him.
A major police operation is ongoing in Munich, around the city's Olympic Park, with the force warning people to stay in their homes.
People were seen running for their lives from the Munich Olympia Shopping Centre, in the district to get away from the incident after hearing gunshots.
A video purporting to show the shooter, dressed in black, firing 20 shots has been posted on Twitter. The video shows him outside a McDonald's directly outside the shopping centre.
The area around the Munich Olympia Shopping Centre in the district of Moosach has been sealed off as emergency services try to control the situation.
One picture on social media shows a man lying on the ground with a blanket over him
Armed police move past onlooking media responding to a shooting at a shopping centre in Munich
People were seen running from the shopping mall to get away from the incident
A video grab of the scene around the Olympia shopping centre in the district of Moosach of Munich
The shopping centre is next to the Munich Olympic Stadium, where the Palestinian militant group Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage and eventually killed them during the 1972 Olympic Games
A police spokesman said; 'It is really something big going down.'
The force in Munich posted on its website:
'At this time we have a major operation underway. Please avoid the area of the shopping centre.'
First reports said a heavily armed man wandered through the shopping centre opening fire at will.
It is reported that the gunman fled after his shooting spree on the city underground network.
Photos flashed on to social media sites of at least one body covered by aluminium sheets.
‘Stay in your homes. Leave the road!’ Polizei München said in a Tweet.
First reports said a heavily armed man wandered through the shopping centre opening fire at will. Pictured are armed police on the roof of the car park
A spokesman for the German police said there was a 'shooting spree'.
An official at the Munich Olympia Shopping Centre declined comment, saying only, 'We are experiencing a problem.'
The shopping centre is next to the Munich Olympic stadium, where the Palestinian militant group Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage and eventually killed them during the 1972 Olympic Games.
Thamina Stoll, a university student in Munich, tweeted video of the scene showing people running.
'Helicopter, sirens and people on the street #Munich #shooting #OEZ #München,' she said.
'At least 30 police cars on their way to #Munich #shoppingmall according to local radio station. Area around mall blocked by police.'
German media reports suggest at least 15 people have been killed, but this is unconfirmed.
The shopping centre attack began inside a McDonald's restaurant shortly before 6pm local time, the police spokeswoman said.
"There are still people in the shopping centre. We are trying to get the people out and take care of them," she added.
An employee who is still inside the mall told Reuters by phone that many shots were fired - and that they saw someone who was "so severely injured that he definitely didn't survive".
The shooting comes just days after a teenage asylum seeker went on the rampage with an axe and a knife on a regional train in Germany, injuring five people.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the teenager was believed to be a "lone wolf" attacker who appeared to have been "inspired" by the Islamic State group but was not a member of the jihadist network.
It also follows a truck attack in the French Riviera city of Nice after Bastille Day fireworks last week that left 84 people dead.
UPDATE:
It has been confirmed that there has been a second shooting at the Stachus metro station in Munich city centre.
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