Summary

  • Police in Germany have given a 'cautious all-clear' following a mass shooting at a Munich shopping centre

  • At least nine victims have died. More than 20 were injured, including three critically

  • The suspect was an 18-year-old German-Iranian dual national who lived in Munich

  • He is believed to have been acting on his own and killed himself. His motive is "completely unclear", say police

  • Young people and "adolescents" are among the dead, and children are among those injured

Live Reporting

John Harrison, Stephen Robb, Marysia Nowak, Nalina Eggert and Emma Atkinson

  1. Eyewitness view from the scene

    Eckard Kwerner, a reporter with German television, is close to the scene and described what he saw:

    The shopping centre has been cordoned off. Police are everywhere, it's a massive police presence. They're wearing bullet proof vests, automatic weapons, helmets. There's a helicopter hovering above the area. We have seen tweets of scared people fleeing. There are reports of several dead but I can't confirm that.

  2. 'Second shooting in Munich'

    A German N-tv reporter in Munich says there are also reports of shots being fired at the Stachus, also known as Karlsplatz, a large square in central Munich, about 5km (three miles) from the OEZ shopping centre. 

    The newspaper Die Welt also reports a second shooting.

    There are no more details yet.

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  4. Map of the scene

    Here's a view of the area where the shooting has taken place:

    Map of the Olympia shopping centre area

  5. Transport halted across the city

    Munich transportation authorities say they have stopped services on multiple train, tram and bus lines following the shooting.

  6. Police asking people to stay indoors

    Munich police tell people to avoid the area around the shopping centre, to stay indoors, to leave the streets.

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  7. 'Police operation still ongoing'

    ARD reporter Richard Gutjahr is close to the scene and says there are police helicopters in the air and many officers with semi-automatic weapons are turning up.

    "The shopping centre is completely cleared. The operation is still ongoing"

    Mr Gutjahr added a photograph of armed police officers outside the Olympia shopping centre.

  8. Locals have been posting images on social media

    This tweet reads: "Shots at the Olympia shopping centre. Police in bullet-proof jackets seal off the area."

  9. What we know so far about the incident

    Shots have been fired at a shopping centre in Munich. Here's what we know so far:

    • Reports say the area around the shopping centre in the district of Moosach has been sealed off, but details of the incident are sketchy.
    • A major police operation is under way.  
    • Several people have been killed, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper quotes police as saying.

  10. Big operation underway at Olympia shopping centre in Munich - police

    A tweet from local police reads: "At the moment we have a large police operation at the Olympia shopping centre. Please avoid the area around the centre."