Multiple dead expected in Munich mall shooting; manhunt underway

It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack, which took place a week after an axe-wielding teenager went on a rampage on a German train, wounding four people before he was shot dead. Sadly, authorities confirmed that 6 people have reportedly been killed.

Armin Fritz, a reporter for public radio B5, says the city’s entire public transport system has been shut down as police search for the attacker or attackers.

Munich police are urging people to avoid public places.

“We believe we are dealing with a shooting rampage“, a police spokeswoman said, adding she believed more than one shooter was involved.

The sound of multiple shots being fired can be heard as shoppers and passers-by run for cover.

UPDATE 20:36 – Police in the city say there may be shootings in several locations.

Six people have died after a mass shooting in a German shopping centre.

The Olympia-Einkaufszentrum mall is less than 2 miles from the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic Village, where terrorists kidnapped and killed 11 Israeli athletes in a bloody 20-hour siege that made worldwide headlines and threatened to derail the global sporting event.

“This is a terror situation”, Munich police spokesman Marcus Da Gloria Martin said in a press conference. CNN affiliate NTV reports several are dead and others are wounded. The shooting at the McDonald’s happened around 5:50 p.m. (11:50 a.m. ET), she said.

He raises his arms, apparently holding a shotgun, and appears to fire at people outside the restaurant, who can be seen running for cover.

At least two shooters in Munich rampage: German security sources to Reuters.

Dozens of police, special forces teams and ambulance poured into the area in the northern part of the city.

Amid conflicting reports, police have reportedly told Germany’s DPA news agency “we expect multiple deaths” in the shooting at the OEZ centre.

A large police operation is underway near the Olympia Shopping Mall, the Munich Police Department said. “Leave the street”, the Munich police tweet said.

“We were at the bus station opposite McDonald’s outside the Olympia shopping mall and suddenly a man comes out with a gun and starts shooting at everyone”, Spanouli said.

Police responded to a shooting Friday at the Olympia Einkaufszentrum in Munich, Germany.

“Don’t help the attackers!” the police said on Twitter.

Police in Bavaria have been on alert following the stabbing of five people on Monday by a 17-year-old Afghan wielding an ax and a knife.

Police said six people had been killed and the attackers were still at large. All survived, although one man from the train remains in life-threatening condition.