Shooting in Munich Shopping Center; Ten Dead, Multiple Injuries
City on Lockdown for Hours; Sole Suspect Believed To Be Dead by Suicide
Police are confirming multiple injuries and deaths following a shooting spree at the Olympia Shopping Center in Munich, Germany Friday evening. As of late Friday night, Munich police are cautiously declaring that the shooting situation is over.
Munich Police say they believe the person who committed suicide to be the sole attacker. He is identified as an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich, according to the AP.
The shooting began around 7 p.m. local time at a McDonald’s adjacent to the mall.
Munich police confirm that nine victims are dead, the attacker making the tenth fatality.
We found a man, who killed him himself.
We assume, that he was the only shooter. #gunfire #munich— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) July 22, 2016
For hours, police had warned that suspects were possibly still at large and would not confirm whether or not there were multiple perpetrators.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s chief of staff said it was unclear if the shooting was terrorism or carried out by a lone attacker.
The suspects are still on the run. Please avoid public places. #munich #oez #gunfire
— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) July 22, 2016
Chilling moment gunman fires TWENTY times at shoppers in #Munich https://t.co/qLaaDb4AYo pic.twitter.com/5bP4Gwm5T1
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) July 22, 2016
For hours police advised people in Munich to avoid public places.
Unconfirmed reports of more violence and possible #gunfire in the City Center. Situation is unclear. Please avoid public Areas. #munich #oez
— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) July 22, 2016
Police urged users of social media not to upload videos and pictures of police responses to the shooting, so as not to aid the culprit or culprits. They have set up a webpage for people to submit media directly to the police.
Important:
Please don’t publish Fotos/Videos of #gunfire #Munich.
Please help us and send these files to us underhttps://t.co/29Df0qGgM6— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) July 22, 2016
Please don’t take Fotos or Video of Police Action in order to avoid any helpful Information for the suspects. #munich #gunfire #oez
— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) July 22, 2016
Police are still asking people to stop uploading photos and video from the attack out of respect for the victims.
To all, who publish pictures of victims: STOP DOING THIS!
Please show more respect!#gunfire #munich— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) July 23, 2016
There were unconfirmed reports of a second shooting at a Munich metro station, but police said that this was a false alarm.
Unconfirmed reports of more violence and possible #gunfire in the City Center. Situation is unclear. Please avoid public Areas. #munich #oez
— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) July 22, 2016
ALERT: Images purportedly show #Munich shooting suspect. Have you seen this man? https://t.co/tEG2xWBxHP pic.twitter.com/kEOdj7MzRc
— RT (@RT_com) July 22, 2016
You can see a live feed of reports below, via SkyNews:
Police in #Munich advise people to stay away from public places
— News This Second (@NewsThisSecond) July 22, 2016
MORE: Special operations team to reportedly go inside Munich mall to evaluate situation https://t.co/ci1aLHj2Yu https://t.co/JVaJ9hhTKO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 22, 2016
1 Dead With 10 Injured In Munich Shooting – AFP
— Livesquawk (@Livesquawk) July 22, 2016
.@skymarkwhite: police say shooting in #Munich, Germany, is over; scene is “still active” https://t.co/ztmLDZqkju https://t.co/RtZG9uVbsq
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 22, 2016
LIVE: #Munich pic.twitter.com/7KnbCIO7PR
— Giacomo Scardua (@giacomoscardua) July 22, 2016
#BREAKING UPDATE: Shots fired at shopping mall in Munich, NBC News confirms https://t.co/UFx1U3CoEx @thaminastoll pic.twitter.com/MxcRZImTFb
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) July 22, 2016
Video below shows bystanders outside the mall:
Watch LIVE #Periscope outside the shooting in #Munich #OEZ https://t.co/G35ydO9Ycb
— Kirit Radia (@KiritRadia) July 22, 2016
And if this is the shooter, he appears to be mental. https://t.co/Z1sPkk1FXN
— Tom Rogan (@TomRtweets) July 22, 2016
“Monitoring the horrific situation in Munich. We stand with our friends in Germany as they work to bring those responsible to justice,” Hillary Clinton wrote in a tweet.
The White House condemned the attacks and pledged that the full support and cooperation of the U.S.
The Olympia Shopping Center is the largest mall in the German state Bavaria. The Olympia Einkaufszentrum, called OEZ for short, opened to the public in 1972 to coincide with the summer Olympics.
This event is breaking and this post is being updated.
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