Shots fired at Munich shopping centre. Germany's brush with terror?
Shots have been fired at a shopping centre in the Moosach district of Munich, one of Germany's biggest cities, according to reports, with a major police operation under way.
German media has already reported multiple deaths at the scene, though it has not yet been confirmed.
Twitter has been abuzz with a video showing people fleeing from the scene, which has now been cordoned off, according to reports.
Shooting in #Munich shopping mall #OEZ!! People running away to seek shelter!! pic.twitter.com/PB189s6RQy
— Thamina Stoll (@thaminastoll) July 22, 2016
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| People fleeing the scene at Munich shopping centre where shots were fired. [Source/Twitter] |
Photos and image grabs of heavy security deployment at the site are circulating on Twitter.
However, no confirmation on the number of deaths and persons injured has yet been received.
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But tweets showing a video clip of the scene have been posted.
Live video: Large police presence at a shopping mall in Munich, Germany - @martinhoffmann https://t.co/WBXgIT9mdV
— الحق فوق القوة (@elsayed) July 22, 2016
Shooting at Olympia Shopping Center(OEZ) in Munich, Germany; several people have been injured pic.twitter.com/Erph4hRVnS
— Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) July 22, 2016
MUNICH POLICE CONFIRM MULTIPLE DEATHS IN SHOPPING CENTRE SHOOTING - SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 22, 2016
Here's what we know so far about the shooting in the #OEZ shopping centre in #Munich: https://t.co/ztmLDZ8JrW pic.twitter.com/yDnLA285mI
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 22, 2016
????‼️ Shooting: Cops on the parking deck at Olympia shopping center in #Moosach. Several injured & dead. #Munich pic.twitter.com/L5dULTMIBN
— Onlinemagazin (@OnlineMagazin) July 22, 2016
UPDATE: Reports of at least 1 person dead, 10 injured in mall attack in Munich https://t.co/ci1aLHj2Yu https://t.co/rU53ME4tQm
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 22, 2016
The attacks in Paris, Orlando, Nice, Munich, and elsewhere are avoidable tragedies. Let's not treat them like an acceptable new normal.
— Steven Falco (@nunzioni) July 22, 2016
UPDATE: Local media reports up to 15 people killed in Munich shooting https://t.co/0cwVUYzBfQ
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) July 22, 2016
#Munich: police say multiple people are dead, reports that the gunman stormed the Olympia Mall (@SZ) pic.twitter.com/4quEaGIQ7B
— I.E.N. (@GoldenKrant) July 22, 2016
Multiple deaths reported at shooting in Munich shopping mall: newspaper https://t.co/gOOlITgOJy
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 22, 2016
The scene in #Munich after reports of shots fired at #OEZ https://t.co/AQSQhi5fCY https://t.co/YTNAnQBBoG
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 22, 2016
#BREAKING: One dead, 10 injured in shooting at #Munich shopping center: police source. More: https://t.co/ye3EdLBDy5
— dwnews (@dwnews) July 22, 2016
'Multiple deaths' as armed police hunt gunman in Munich https://t.co/keFePomv0h pic.twitter.com/PCOeovVaYN
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) July 22, 2016
It's still not clear if there are one or more gunmen inside the shopping mall. We'll keep updating this story.