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Shooting rampage in Munich shopping mall: As it happened
Gunmen went on a shooting rampage in a shopping mall in the southern German city of Munich on Friday, killing and wounding many people, police said.
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Munich police warn of 'acute terror situation'.
The public transportation service in the southern German city said bus, metro and streetcar service has been suspended "on police orders".
Police say witnesses reported seeing three people with guns near the Munich mall.
Munich shooting is terror attack, says German police.
German public broadcaster BR reports 6 people have been killed at the mall shooting in Munich.
The Bild newspaper reports that a gunman ran through the mall near the Olympic stadium in the southern German city, firing on several people before fleeing in the direction of a nearby metro station.
Three suspected gunmen involved in Munich shooting: Police
Police asks citizens not to post pictures of shooting area on social media platforms.
Shooting reported from metro station in Munich, reports say.
Munich's Sueddeutsche Zeitung paper says city's transit system has shut down following shooting at a mall.
It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack, which took place a week after an axe-weilding teenager went on a rampage on a German train. Islamic State claimed responsibility for that attack.
Staff in the mall were still in hiding, an employee told Reuters by telephone.
'We believe we are dealing with a shooting rampage', Munich police was quoted by Reuters.
Multiple people injured and killed in Munich shopping center shooting, says German Police.
Several people were reported to be killed and many wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Munich today.
The mall is located near the southern German city's Olympic stadium.
Munich police said on Twitter: "There is a major police operation under way in the shopping centre."
According to witnesses who wrote on social websites, shots were fired at the centre and people were seen fallen on the ground.
Gunmen went on a shooting rampage in a shopping mall in the southern German city of Munich on Friday, killing and wounding many people, police said.