Shooting in a shopping mall at Munich, Germany

A shooting has taken place in a shopping centre in the Moosach district of Munich, Germany, with reports of multiple dead and injured.


Germany's Muencher Abendzeitung reported that up to 15 people were killed in the incident at the Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping centre, while police told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that there were multiple deaths.

"There is a major police operation under way in the shopping centre," Munich police said on Twitter, without elaborating.

An employee inside the shopping centre told the Reuters news agency "many shots were fired".

Video shows people fleeing from the scene, which has now been cordoned off, according to reports.


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

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