Police forces in Munich, Germany are on a hunt for three gunmen, whom they believe conducted a terrorist attack at a shopping centre and McDonald's restaurant. Nine people have been confirmed dead. Reports say children where also targeted in the attack.
According to CNN report, the shooting broke out at a McDonald's restaurant across from the Olympia shopping mall about 5:50 p.m. (11:50 a.m. ET), police spokeswoman Claudia Küntzel said. Gunfire also broke out inside the mall, which is adjacent to the site of the 1972 Olympics, witnesses said.
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Police described the attacks simply as terrorism, and said the gunman or gunmen are believed to still be in the city. Lynn Stein, who works inside the Olympia centre, told CNN a woman told her "masked gunmen dressed in black" had been seen running through the centre.
A gunman shouting 'Allahu Akbar' opened fire at children in McDonald's before rampaging through a shopping mall, killing at least eight people. 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 (DailyMail reports).
All subway services in the city were halted after reports that the suspect fled into the subway, and police are appealing to people to clear the streets as they hunt for the gunmen.
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