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    I'm betting it's either the Mormon Tabernacle Choir what done it or maybe Wiccans. Anyway, I was actually in Munich this morning but had left long before the religion of peace got busy performing its usual projectile proselytising.

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    But he was saying "scheiss auslaender' "scheiss kanakken" "ich bin deutscher" and the other one says "but you have the gun"

    that is somebody from the right wing.. and today is the 5. anniversary of the Norway massacre..

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    CNN has removed their headline.

    Gunman shouting 'Allahu Akbar' executed children in Munich McDonald's before rampaging through mall killing NINE with police now hunting three attackers

    A gunman shouting 'Allahu Akbar' opened fire at children in McDonald's before rampaging through a shopping mall, killing at least eight people.

    Munich is in lockdown tonight, as a major police operation is ongoing around the city's Olympic Park, with the force warning people to stay in their homes and avoid public spaces.

    A ninth body has been found tonight and investigators are looking into the possibility of it being the attacker.

    Terrified shoppers were seen running for their lives from the Munich Olympia Shopping Centre, in the district of Moosach, after hearing gunshots.

    Witnesses said that the gunman screamed 'I'm German' and 'Allahu Akbar' before shooting at children.

    A woman named Loretta said she was in the McDonald's when the man with a gun came out of a bathroom and began shooting.

    She told CNN: 'I come out of the toilet and I hear like an alarm, boom, boom, boom. He's killing the children. The children were sitting to eat. They can't run.'

    Loretta said she had been in the bathroom at the same time as the shooter, with her eight-year-old son. She said the man yelled: 'Allahu Akbar!'

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    One of the victims
    Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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    'Munich police:Shooting suspects have Islamist background"


    That"s not correct! The police said nothing about islamic background!

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    Update 26: Below is a translation of the incident captured in the video between the alleged shooter and a man on a balcony:

    Man: "You fucking Asshole you..."
    Shooter: "Because of you I [unintelligible]..."
    Balcony Man: "You cunt you. you're a cunt"
    Shooter: "...and now I have to buy a gun to shoot you"
    Balcony Man: "a gun fuck off your head isn't on right"
    Shooter and Balcony man shouting at each other
    Balcony Man apparently to people filming: "He's got a gun here the guy has one"
    Unseen voice: "Shit/Fucking Turks!"
    Balcony Man: "Shit/Fucking Kanacken" (foreigners basically)
    Balcony man to someone else : "EY! HE'S GOT A GUN! He has loaded his gun! Get the cops here!"
    Shooter: "I am German."
    Balcony Man: "You're a cunt is what you are"
    Shooter: "Stop filming!"
    Balcony Man: "A cunt is what you are, what the fuck are you doing?"
    Shooter: "Yeah what, I was born here!"
    Balcony Man: "Yeah and what the fuck you think you're doing???"
    Shooter: "I grew up here in the Hartz 4 (unemployment benefits in Germany) area.
    Balcony Man and Shooter talk at same time, can't make it out.
    Shooter says something about "Behandlung" which is "treatment" in both medical treatment or just how you treat people,not sure which one he means.
    Balcony Man says something like "Yeah treatment is something for you"
    Shooter: "I haven't done anything here for [unintelligible]"
    Shooter: "Just shut your fucking face man"
    Balcony Man: "You cunt you"
    Balcony Man: "HEY! HE'S ON THE UPPER FLOOR HERE [unintelligible]"
    Filming man goes into cover, shooter starts firing.
    Balcony man calls him a cunt again.
    Balcony man shouts something at him about "shooting here" and Shooter replies multiple times "Yeah, that's where you're right! Yeah you're right with that!" Yeah you're right!"

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    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    German Iranian - AKA Moslem...George

    BREAKING: #Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae states shooting suspect is 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich - @AP

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    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Munich shooting: Gunman targeted children outside McDonald's restaurant in shopping centre rampage as terrorism strikes Germany

    An 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald's killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself, the chief of police in the Bavarian capital said on Saturday.

    Police gave a "cautious all clear" early on Saturday morning, more than seven hours after the attack began and brought much of the city to a standstill as all public transit systems were shut down amid a massive manhunt.

    They said a body found near the scene was that of the shooter and he appeared to have acted alone.

    Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae told a news conference the suspect was a dual citizen from Munich and his motive was still "fully unclear."




    Mr Andrae said the suspect's body was found about 2 1/2 hours after the attack and was determined to be the shooter based on witness statements and closed circuit television footage of the attack. The shooter was not previously known to police and there was no evidence of any links to terrorist organisations, Mr Andrae said.

    Witnesses had reported seeing three men with firearms near the Olympia Einkaufszentrum mall, but the police chief said two other people who fled the area quickly were investigated but had "nothing to do with the incident."

    Mr Andrae said the nine fatalities included young people and children were among the 16 wounded, three of whom were in critical condition

    After gunfire broke out at the mall, one of Munich's largest, the city sent a smartphone alert declaring an "emergency situation" and telling people to stay indoors, while all rail, subway and trolley service was halted in the city.

    It was the third major act of violence against civilians in Western Europe in eight days. The previous attacks, in the French resort city of Nice and on a train in Bavaria near the city of Wuerzburg, were claimed by the Islamic State group.

    While police initially called the mall shooting an act of terrorism, they said they had "no indication" it involved Islamic extremism and at least one witness said he heard a shooter shout an anti-foreigner slur.

    "The question of terrorism or a rampage is tied to motive, and we don't know the motive," Mr Andrae said. "We can't question the suspect so this is all a little more difficult.

    Mr Andrea said inquiries suggested the suspect had lived in the city for more than two years and is not thought to have been known to law enforcement agencies.

    "As to the background or motive of the offence it's totally unclear. The investigations will be running on all cylinders through the night," Mr Andrae said.

    Germany has been on high alert after a teenage asylum seeker attacked people with an axe on a train on Monday, injuring five.

    4:57 am New press conference planned for midday

    Munich police said there would be a new press conference at midday local time (11am GMT) on Twitter.




    4:26 am 'Fake game lured people into McDonald's'

    During the Munich police's press conference a journalist asked a question about a rumoured "fake game" which may have lured people into the McDonald's that was then attacked with a promise of free meals.

    Police chief Andrae said that authorities were aware of it but couldn't say if there was any connection with the attack.

    4:03 am Francois Hollande: Munich shooting is a 'terrorist attack'

    The Munich was a "disgusting terrorist attack" aimed at stirring up fear in Germany after France was targeted last week, French President Francois Hollande said in a statement.

    "The terrorist attack that struck Munich killing many people is a disgusting act that aims to foment fear in Germany after other European countries," Hollande said in a statement.

    "Germany will resist, it can count on France's friendship and cooperation," he said, adding that he would speak with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday morning.

    Munich police have said it was too early to say whether it was a terrorist attack.

    2:36 am Injured count goes up to 16

    The count of people injured in the attack has risen to 16 according to Munich police.




    1:49 am Children injured, youths among the dead

    The Munich police chief has stated that children are among the injured and the deceased included "youths".

    German media earlier reported a 15-year-old girl was shot dead by the gunman although that has not been confirmed.

    1:37 am 18-year-old Iranian from Munich reported to be the gunman

    An 18-year-old Iranian from Munich is thought to have been the gunman who shot nine dead and injured 10 others before killing himself, police said.

    Munich police chief Hubertus Andraes said at a news conference that the attacker's motive was still "fully unclear."

    "The perpetrator was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich," he said.

    "The motive or explanation for this crime is completely unclear."

    Andraes said that the body of the shooter found about 2 1/2 hours after the attack was determined to be the shooter based on the evaluation of witness statements and closed circuit television.

    Two others who fled the area quickly were investigated but had "nothing to do with the incident".

    12:35 am All clear given by Munich police: suspect killed himself and was likely a lone gunman

    Munich police have just announced that the suspected gunman is dead having killed himself.

    They stated he "probably" acted alone, calming earlier fears there were three gunmen.

    The all-clear was given for Munich city centre and public transport restarted shorted after 1am local time (midnight UK).




    12:16 am BREAKING: 10 dead including possible gunman

    The death toll has risen to 10, German police have announced, including the possible gunman.

    12:14 am Explosives experts checking backpack of dead man

    Explosive experts from the Munich police are examining a backpack found on a dead man suspected of being one of the assailants the shooting rampage, German DPA news agency reported.

    The body of the man was found about one kilometre (0.6 miles) away from the mall where the shootings took place, DPA said, as police said they were hunting up to three gunmen still at large.

    12:04 am Austria steps up border security

    AFP: Austria has "significantly" tightened security measures along its border with Germany and put an elite police force on high alert following the Munich mall attack, a government security chief said Friday.

    Germany and Austria share hundreds of kilometres of frontier, including along the state of German Bavaria, where the attack occurred.

    "Police have significantly increased security measures so they are poised and fully ready to act," public security chief Konrad Kogler told state broadcaster ORF, without elaborating.

    He added that 42 elite so-called "Cobra" officers have been dispatched to Munich to assist police in their hunt for gunmen who killed at least eight people in a shooting rampage at a shopping centre in Munich.

    "The entire Cobra team has been placed on high alert so that they are ready to jump into action," Kogler said.

    He added there were "no concrete indications" of an imminent threat in Austria and the current terror threat level has not been increased.

    The country has been on raised alert since last January's deadly attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly offices in Paris.

    11:44 pm Munich newspaper evacuated after shots heard

    We're getting more detail on the evacuation of the offices of Abendzeitung, a local Munich newspaper.

    Lukas Schauer, a reporter with the paper, said "shots heard in the courtyard... Crazy."

    11:40 pm Turkish foreign minister sends condolences




    11:27 pm At least 10 injured, police say

    The police say their operation is ongoing, and at least 10 people are injured.

    We are expecting another press conference soon.




    11:25 pm Munich newspaper offices evacuated

    Munich local newspaper Abendzeitung is reportedly being evacuated by police.

    11:21 pm Interior minister en route

    Reuters: GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER DE MAIZIERE SAYS ON TWITTER HE WILL TRAVEL TO MUNICH ON SATURDAY

    11:13 pm Robot being used to check body of ninth dead

    11:06 pm Ninth body found

    The Munich police spokesman, Marcus da Gloria Martins, tells national news programme Tagesschau that the ninth person whose body has been found by police died in a violent manner.

    Mr da Gloria Martins said it was too early to tell whether he was a victim or an assailant.

    11:05pm Munich remains on lockdown - with people told to stay at home


    Munich's subway and all other forms of public transport have been shut down


    11:02 pm 'Too early to say whether a jihadi attack'

    Yassin Musharbash, a terrorism analyst for Die Zeit, has been speaking to BBC Newsnight

    He said:

    Everybody here was on high alert already [after the train attack].

    Most people assumed immediately it was most likely a jihad attack but we do not know at this point, it’s too early to say.

    On refugees being invited into the country:

    Munich was where most of the refugees poured into last year. There’s a reason we call Munich the city of hearts – it’s possible this reputation the city holds is something a jihadi cell would like to undermine.

    We could be talking about a disturbed individual. There was a video with a confusing dialogue with an onlooker which could point towards an attacked with mental health issues.

    10:53 pm Donald Trump responds to Munich

    Our prayers are with all those affected by the horrible attacks in Munich.

    This cannot continue.

    The rise of terrorism threatens the way of life for all civilized people, and we must do everything in our power to keep it from our shores.

    10:44 pm White House statement on the shooting

    The United States condemns in the strongest terms the apparent terrorist attack that has claimed innocent lives in Munich, Germany.

    We still do not know all of the facts, but we do know that this heinous act has killed and injured multiple individuals in the heart of one of Europe’s most vibrant cities.

    Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the deceased, just as we wish those wounded a full recovery.

    In the midst of this tragedy, the United States will work closely with our German partners to whom we will make available any resources that would assist their investigation, as the President pledged.

    The resolve of Germany, the United States, and the broader international community will remain unshaken in the face of acts of despicable violence such as this.

    10:43 pm Public transport in Munich shut down

    10:21 pm Merkel's chief of staff contradicts police and says cannot confirm terrorism

    Reuters - Germany cannot confirm that the shooting attack in Munich in which at least nine people were killed on Friday was an act of terrorism, Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff said.

    Police in Munich said nine people had been killed in the attack, including a dead body found near the scene. They are trying to verify whether the body is that of one of the attackers.

    "We cannot rule out that it is linked to terrorism but we can't confirm it either, but we are also investigating in this direction," Peter Altmaier said on German television.

    He added that the security cabinet would hold a meeting midday on Saturday to assess the situation.

    10:04 pm Shadow Foreign Secretary responds

    Emily Thornberry, the shadow Foreign Secretary, has issued this statement:

    While it is unclear at this stage how many innocent people have been killed or injured, how many gunmen are involved, or what twisted motivation they hold, we can say one thing with certainty: anyone who tries to commit indiscriminate, mass murder against ordinary men, women and children going about their daily lives stands for nothing but evil.

    Our response cannot be to let them win by changing the way we live, or reacting ourselves with hatred and intolerance.

    We must stand defiant to protect our way of life, and we must take determined and unified action against anyone who wants to destroy it."


    Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary


    10:03 pm Echoes of 1972

    A historical note: Germany’s elite anti-terror unit GSG9 was founded after the terror attacks on the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

    Now, they are on their way back there — the shopping centre is next to the Olympic sports complex.

    10:02 pm German president responds

    German president Joachim Gauck:

    “The murderous attack in Munich deeply horrifies me. My thoughts are with all victims and those who mourn or fear for their loved ones.”

    He also thanked those involved in protecting and helping people in Munich.

    9:51 pm German police investigating whether a/the gunman is dead

    9:49 pm Details on six of the victims

    A senior security official told The Washington Post that four people were killed inside the McDonald’s restaurant and one was fatally shot outside.

    The official said another victim died at a hospital.

    9:48 pm Germany reeling from shooting

    Our correspondent, Zia Weise, brings us the following updates:

    - German culture festival Tollwood has been evacuated.

    - Police are checking whether the death toll includes one of the gunmen.

    - The Bavarian regional parliament and the Munich Chancellery have opened their doors to people seeking shelter.

    - National TV ZDF reporting death toll rises to nine.

    9:45 pm Boris Johnson comments

    Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, comments from New York on the Munich attack.

    I am shocked and appalled by the terrible attack unfolding this evening in Munich, and the loss of life.

    My thoughts are with those injured and the families of those killed.

    We stand ready to assist our friends in Germany.

    Our travel advice to UK nationals in the area tonight is to stay indoors and follow the advice of the local authorities.”


    Boris Johnson pictured on July 14 - his first day as Foreign Secretary.


    9:39 pm Turkish man believed among the victims

    A freelance journalist in Munich has told BBC Radio 5 Live just now that one of the victims outside McDonalds was an 18-year-old Turkish man, who had come from Greece.

    The victim was shot twice outside McDonalds, after pushing his sister aside - likely to try and save her.

    His father has suffered a heart attack and been taken to hospital.

    9:36 pm Munich police giving another press conference

    - They still believe up to three gunmen are on the loose.

    - Motive remains unclear.

    - Eight dead

    - "When someone shoots with a rifle, in to a shopping centre, we have to assume this is terrorism."

    9:34 pm Anti-terrorism police en route

    Thirty members of Germany's elite anti-terrorism force, the GSG9, are on their way to the scene, as well as police drafted in from Austria, according to Bild newspaper.

    9:31 pm Death toll rises to eight

    German police confirm that the death toll has risen to eight.

    9:30 pm Police still hunting for gunman or gunmen


    Heavily armed police forces stand outside the Olympia shopping centre where several people have been killed in a shooting in Munich, southern Germany.


    Plain-clothed police officers combing the centre.


    9:22 pm Munich police set up emergency hotline

    9:20 pm Video shows a gunman ranting against foreigners and Turks

    On social media, a video showed a gunman yelling "------- foreigners" and against Turks.

    9:04 pm Muslim eyewitness heard "Allahu Akbar"

    A Muslim woman, named by CNN as Lauretta, told the channel she heard the gunmen shout "Allahu Akbar" as they shot children.

    I know this because I am a Muslim.

    I saw the shooting of children, who were sitting down to eat. They could not run.

    8:59 pm Manhunt underway in Munich following shooting

    8:58 pm Video appears to show a gunman yelling: "I'm a German"

    Footage on social media shows a man in black walking on the roof of a car park,

    The people filming him say: "He has a gun," then shout, and he replies: "I am a German."

    They then yell abuse at him.

    It is not clear yet who the man on the roof was.

    8:57 pm Map of the key locations

    8:35 pm Has one of the gunmen killed himself?

    BREAKING: A report by German magazine Focus, citing police sources, claims a gunman shot himself in the head. The report has not been verified.

    8:33 pm Panic around the McDonalds

    Our correspondent Zia Weise, who is from Munich, has been listening to Bavarian Radio, where a woman has given an eyewitness account.

    We were in McDonald’s and wanted to eat something. We were queueing.

    Then panic erupted.

    The staff ran out and all the people followed behind them. Children were crying. Everybody running out in panic.

    We heard three shots. Bang, bang… bang.

    I didn’t see him. As far as I know this was upstairs at the Douglas [drug store, like Boots], we were downstairs.

    8:23 pm Munich police giving press conference now

    - Attack is terrorism

    - At least five dead; unclear if children involved

    - We believe three perpetrators, we think they are still at large

    - They used a long weapon, longer than a pistol, something like a rifle

    - We assume the gunmen are still in Munich

    - All the clinics in Munich are on alert

    8:22 pm Police swarm over the city


    Police in Munich


    8:20 pm Obama speaking now

    We don't yet know what is happening there.

    Obviously our heart goes out to those caught up with it.

    It's a good reminder of something I've said over the last few weeks.

    Our way of life, our freedoms, our ability to go about our daily lives, to raise our kids, to see them grow up and leave - I'm sorry, I'm getting too personal.

    That all depends on law enforcement.

    Obviously we have gone through a really tough time in the last few weeks, on a whole lot of fronts.

    In recent weeks I've had the job of speaking to the widows of those police killed in Baton Rouge.

    He is still speaking now, but has moved on to domestic issues.

    8:03 pm Obama has been briefed on Munich

    President Obama is at the White House, hosting his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto.

    He has described Germany as "a great ally" and says he is monitoring the situation.

    8:01pm Islamic State supporters celebrate on social media

    (Reuters) - Supporters of the Islamic State jihadi group celebrated on social media a shooting rampage in a shopping mall in the southern German city of Munich on Friday that killed and wounded many people.

    "Thank God, may God bring prosperity to our Islamic State men," read one tweet in Arabic on an account that regularly favours the radical Islamist movement.

    "The Islamic State is expanding in Europe," read an Arabic-language tweet on another account also known to support the group.

    The attack was the third major act of violence against civilian targets in Western Europe in eight days. Previous attacks in France and Germany were claimed by Islamic State and Munich police said they suspected the latest assault was a terrorist attack.

    7:47 pm Police request - in three languages - that people avoid centre

    Munich police are now tweeting in German, English and French.

    7:35 pm Munich's main train station evacuated

    The city of Munich is in chaos.

    Main train station evacuated

    Helicopters overhead

    Subway and bus stations shut

    Olympia shopping centre attacked

    Some reports suggest city centre attack, too

    7:33 pm Image of the gunman at McDonalds


    This image appears to show the gunman, on the right of the screen, just before he opens fire.


    7:28 pm One site or multiple?

    In news that contradicts the Munich police:

    BAVARIAN BROADCASTER BR SAYS SIX PEOPLE DEAD AND MANY INJURED IN MUNICH SHOOTING IN SHOPPING CENTRE, NO ADDITIONAL SITES

    7:26 pm Calls for doctors and nurses to report to hospital

    Our Germany correspondent, Justin Huggler, has the following:

    General call put out for any doctors and nurses available to report to the hospital where injured have been taken.

    Bavarian state government holding crisis meeting

    7:21 pm "Masked gunmen in black"

    Lynn Stein, who worked in a shop inside the centre, tells CNN that a woman told her she'd seen masked gunmen, in black, running through the shopping centre.

    7:19 pm Unconfirmed footage appears to show shooter open fire in Munich

    7:18 pm Lynn Stein was inside the shopping centre at the time

    Lynn Stein, who works in a shop inside the centre, told CNN:

    I was in a neighbouring store when shots were fired.

    People started running. More shots were fired.

    People were screaming.

    Then I heard several shots at the parking house next to the mall. I went back inside the wall, to check on my co-workers.

    When I went there there was a couple of people coming in towards me, and I told them to leave as I continued towards my store.

    A man told me he saw a gunman.

    I ran outside, and police told me to leave. Which I did.

    This was about 15 minutes after it happened, and I was evacuated.

    7:15 pm British witness Victor Wood, who lives in Munich, speaks to BBC

    I was leaving the shopping centre from the side entrance and as we were about to go into the U-bahn, we heard shooting.

    We couldn’t see where it was coming from - there was a building in between us.

    When I got out of the U-bahn a couple of minutes later we saw all the police cars and realised what had happened.

    The shopping centre is like a L-shape. It was quite busy - there were a lot of people in there.

    We didn’t hear screaming but we were leaving from the side exit so it was hard to see what was going on. But local media reports someone coming out of the McDonalds and shooting a hand gun.

    It took about four or five minutes for police to arrive I would say. We managed to get on one of the last trains before they closed the transport system.

    Before I came out to Germany, I had been in the air force, so I am used to the sound of gunshots, and it was definitely shooting – you don’t hear that kind of sound in the city.

    No one expects something like this to happen in their front garden.

    I think Munich is well equipped to handle it though. Police presence is fairly low key, police officers have weapons but you don’t see people walking around with machine guns, for example.”

    7:12 pm Three gunmen being hunted

    Munich police are searching for three gunmen, they said on Twitter.

    7:06 pm Second location under attack?

    Munich police believe that a second site, in the centre of town, may have been attacked.

    All very unclear at the moment.

    7:04 pm Munich residents open their homes to terrified locals

    More from Zia Weise:

    Munich residents are using the hashtag #offenetür (“open door”) to offer shelter.

    There are reports (unconfirmed) on Twitter that taxi drivers are getting messages from police to avoid the city centre and not to pick up any passengers.

    7:03 pm German police trying to get the situation under control


    German police rush to the scene.


    7:00 pm Situation chaotic in Munich

    Our correspondent Zia Weise, who was born in Munich, has translated the German police twitter feed for us.

    It gives a sense of how confused the situation remains.

    We do not know where the shooter is. Take care and avoid going outside.” - 10 mins ago

    We are aware of shooting rumours in city centre. Situation is unclear. Please stay inside.” - 17 mins ago (But reporters there say nothing’s happening)

    Please do not put images or videos of police operations online. Do not support the perpetrators!” - 20 mins ago

    Avoid public places in Munich. The situation is unclear.” - 40 mins ago

    6:57 pm Munich police do not know where the gunmen are

    Police have just said that they do not know where the perpetrators - plural - are.

    6:56 pm Police request that no photos or videos be posted online

    Police in the city of Munich are asking for locals not to post photos or video online

    6:53 pm Interior ministry confirms three dead

    Bild, the German tabloid, quotes the German interior ministry as saying three people have been killed.

    6:43 pm Images from the scene


    Police outside the shopping centre in Munich


    Police in Munich

    6:37 pm Munich residents told to stay indoors

    Our correspondent, Zia Weise, reports:

    Süddeutsche Zeitung is reporting an unspecified number of deaths. Police has confirmed injuries, but no deaths.

    Police have told people to remain inside as the situation is still not resolved. Rumours of a second attacker in the city centre are untrue, reporters in Munich say.

    The shopping centre (Olympia Einkaufszentrum) is a complex built in the 70s, close to the Olympic sports complex in Western Munich.

    6:32 pm "A shooting rampage"

    From Reuters:
    MUNICH POLICE SPOKESWOMAN SAYS "WE BELIEVE WE ARE DEALING WITH A SHOOTING RAMPAGE"

    6:25 pm 'More than one gunman involved'

    Police in Munich apparently believe that more than one gunman is involved in the shopping center attack.

    6:21 pm Transport services halted

    Transport authorities have halted services on multiple train, tram and bus lines.

    6:18 pm Pictures emerge of the scene

    Pictures have emerged of the massive police operation outside the shopping centre.




    Police outside the shopping centre in Munich


    6:14 pm Witness: "many shots"

    Employees are still hiding out in the shopping centre, with one telling Reuters by phone that "many shots were fired" during the shooting.

    6:13 pm "Multiple deaths": police

    Police told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that there were multiple deaths in the shooting at the Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping centre.

    6:06 pm Shooting over: police spokesperson

    Police spokeswoman Claudia Kvenzel has told CNN that the shooting is now over.

    5:59 pm Reports of deaths

    There have been reports of at least one death, though details are hazy.

    A police source has told the AFP news agency that one person has died and ten people have been injured in the attack, while local media is saying as many as 15 people may have died.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...opping-centre/

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    BREAKING: German police says there is an 'obvious link' between Munich gunman and Norway's right-wing terrorist Anders Breivik

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    Munich gunman raised locally, no ties to Islamic State

    A German-Iranian teenager who killed nine people and then himself in Munich had undergone psychiatric treatment and was in all probability a lone gunman who had no Islamist militant ties, police said on Saturday.

    The 18-year-old, who was born and raised locally, opened fire near a busy shopping mall on Friday, triggering a lockdown in the Bavarian capital in the third act of violence against civilians in Western Europe - and the second in southern Germany - in eight days.

    Seven of his victims were themselves teenagers, police said, and Bavarian state crime office president Robert Heimberger said the gunman was carrying more than 300 bullets in his backpack and pistol when he was later found dead of a gunshot wound.

    Following a police search of the attacker's room, where a book on teenage shooting sprees was discovered, Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae all but ruled out an Islamist militant link in the attack, in which a further 27 people were wounded - including some hurt when panic spread.

    "Based on the searches, there are no indications whatsoever that there is a connection to Islamic State" or to the issue of refugees, he told a news conference

    Bavarian State premier Horst Seehofer said the killings in Munich and an axe attack by a 17-year-old asylum-seeker that injured five people in Wuerzburg - also in Bavaria - on Monday should not be allowed to undermine democratic freedoms.

    "For the second time in a few days we've been shaken by an incomprehensible bloodbath... Uncertainty and fear must not be allowed to gain the upper hand," a visibly shaken Seehofer told reporters.

    He was speaking just over a week after the Bastille Day massacre by a truck driver in Nice. Both the Nice rampage, which killed 84, and the Wuerzburg attack were claimed by Islamic State.

    Chancellor Angela Merkel was meeting with her top security advisors to review Friday's attack and would issue a statement at 1230 GMT, her office said.

    'WHY KIDS KILL'

    The Munich gunman, whose body was found on a side street near the mall, was not identified but police said he had no criminal record but he was a victim of two minor crimes -- a theft in 2010 and bodily harm in 2012.

    Police commandos, armed with night vision equipment and dogs, had raided an apartment in the Munich neighbourhood of Maxvorstadt early on Saturday where the German newspaper Bild said the gunman lived with his parents.

    "Documents on shooting sprees were found so the perpetrator obviously researched this subject intensively," Andrae said.

    In the killer's room police found a German translation of a book entitled "Why Kids Kill -- Inside the Minds of School Shooters".

    The investigations gave no reason to believe the killer had an accomplice, Andrae said, adding the teenager was born and brought up in the Munich area and had spent time in psychiatric care.

    Asked if the shooter had deliberately targeted young people, Munich police chief Andrae said that theory could be neither confirmed or ruled out.

    Three of his victims were 14 years old, two were 15, one was 17 and one 19. The others were 20 and 45, the police chief said.

    Police will also have to find out how the 18-year-old got the firearm used in the attack in a country whose gun control system is described by the Library of Congress as being "among the most stringent in Europe."

    "The investigation is still trying to determine where it came from," Heimberger said, adding that the assailant was not the registered owner of the gun.

    There was a huge police presence outside the gunman's home just north of Munich's old city.

    "I am shocked, what happened to the boy? Only God knows what happened," Telfije Dalpi, a 40-year-old Macedonian neighbour of the family told Reuters. "I have no idea what happened... I have no idea if he did anything bad elsewhere."

    In Pristina, media said three of the 18-year-old's victims were of Kosovan origin. Naim Zabergja, the father of one of the victims wrote on Facebook: "With great sadness I want to inform you that my son Dijamant Zabergja, 21, was killed yesterday in Munich."

    A second victim was named by her brother on Facebook as Armela Segashi, who he said died along with a third, Sabina Sulaj.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge...-idUSKCN1021YZ
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