At least eight people have been killed and an unknown number injured in a shooting in Munich. Police have referred to the incident as a terror attack.
At 5.52pm gunshots were fired at a McDonald’s near the Olympia shopping centre (OEZ) in the northern Moosach area of the Bavarian capital.
A video appears to show a gunman on the rooftop carpark of the shopping centre.
A major police operation is underway in the city. Police have said up to three suspects armed with rifles are being hunted. No one has so far been arrested and officials have no indication of the attackers’ whereabouts.
Police have said all customers have now left the shopping centre.
The German government has set up a crisis response unit.
Residents have been warned via Munich’s smartphone warning system to avoid public places, stay in their homes where possible, and turn on the TV and radio.
Munich central station and underground system is closed and has been evacuated. Motorists on the motorway into Munich have been asked to clear the road for police and emergency service vehicles.
Hospitals throughout Munich are on emergency alert and in “catastrophe mode”.
Police have said they could not confirm earlier reports of one or two other shootings elsewhere in the city, including in a large square known locally as Stachus.
What we don’t know
No claim of responsibility has been made and there is no indication so far of the attackers’ motives.
It is not yet clear how many attackers opened fire or whether the shootings, described as a “rampage” by police, amounted to a coordinated or planned attack.
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