Shots fired at shopping center in Munich

Facebook’s Safety Check feature has also been activated so that people can let friends and family know that they are safe. (AP Photo/Marc Kleine-Kleffmann) Police secures teh area of a subway station Karlsplatz (Stachus) near a shopping mall following a shooting on July 22, 2016 in Munich.

According to Reuters news report, witnesses in Munich rampage saw three shooters with long rifles – local police spokesman.

Munich police are hunting for a shooter or shooters and using the term “suspected terrorism” in connection with a deadly attack at a McDonald’s in a city mall. German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said that trains to Munich Central Station were halted and that the station was being evacuated.

Eventually, she said, police “told everyone to clear off the area and go to the other side of the street”.

There are conflicting reports on casualties.

Dpa says the attack started at a fast food restaurant in the mall, shortly before 6 p.m.in Munich, or 11 a.m. Central Standard Time, according to Munich police spokesman Thomas Baumann. Taxi drivers have been advised to avoid the Karlsplatz area. “We are trying to get the people out and take care of them”, a police spokeswoman said.

Police in Munich reportedly said they expect “multiple dead” after a shooting spree inside a city shopping center, prompting a massive police response and an intense manhunt for possible suspects.

Reports from local media say that many more have been injured.

Whereabouts of the perpetrator/s unknown.

Munich police are urging people to avoid public places. Early reports say as many as 10 people were killed, though CNN right now is reporting only one fatality.

An official at the Munich Olympia Shopping Centre declined comment, saying only, “We are experiencing a problem”.

A video posted online – whose authenticity could not be confirmed – showed a man dressed in black outside a McDonalds by the roadside, drawing a handgun and shooting towards members of the public.

Multiple deaths are reported in a shooting at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich, Germany. Dozens of vehicles can be seen lining the street outside the shopping centre, and a number of armed officers and a helicopter are at the scene.

Nerves in Bavaria have been on edge since Monday evening when an axe-wielding 17-year-old attacked tourists from Hong Kong on a regional train near Würzburg in Bavaria’s northern Frankonia region.

It’s the second attack in Germany in less than a week.