Friday, July 22, 2016

Shots Fired at Munich Shopping Center


Shots Fired at Munich Shopping Center, German Police Say

Shots have been fired at a shopping center in Munich, Germany, according to police, with a local newspaper reporting multiple deaths.

Munich police would not confirm any casualties, but told NBC News the situation "is over." A leading German newspaper based in Munich, Sudduetsche Zeitung, reported multiple people had been killed and injured, but NBC News could not immediately confirm that.

Images and video on social media showed frenzied activity outside the Olympia Einkaufszentrum area.

"People running away to seek shelter!" posted one Twitter user, along with a video that appeared to show streams of people filing past the building.

A major police operation was underway at the mall, Munich police tweeted, urging people to avoid the area.

The sprawling two-story Olympia Einkaufszentrum opened in 1972 during the Summer Olympics in Munich, according to the mall's website.

The shooting is the second attack in Germany's Bavaria region this week. On Monday, a 17-year-old Afghan injured four people with an ax on a German train near Wuerzburg-Heidingsfeld, before he was shot dead.





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