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2:50 a.m.
Munich officer Hubertus Andrae says the victims wounded within the urban center attack embrace youths and kids.
Andrae declined to elaborate. Police say ten folks were killed, as well as the suspect, within the shooting within the province capital. Sixteen folks were separated, as well as 3 serious and thirteen not serious.
Investigators believe the shooter, associate degree 18-year-old German-Iranian, killed himself and seems to possess acted alone.
Munich police gave a "cautious all clear" early Sat morning, quite seven hours when a gunman opened fireplace in an exceedingly jam-pawncked shopping precinct and at a close-by McDonalds
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2:25 a.m.
Munich officer Hubertus Andrae says the suspect within the urban center shooting is associate degree 18-year-old German-Iranian from urban center.
Andrae aforesaid at a conference that the attacker's motive was still "fully unclear."
He aforesaid that the body of the shooter found concerning two 1/2 hours when the attack was resolute to be the shooter supported the analysis of witness statements and electric circuit tv.
Two others United Nations agency fled the realm quickly were investigated however had "nothing to try and do with the incident"
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1:40 a.m.
Munich police voice Peter motion says ten folks were killed, as well as the seemingly assaulter, within the shooting within the province capital.
Beck says investigators additionally believe the shooter killed himself and seems to possess acted alone.
Munich police gave a "cautious all clear" early Sat morning, quite seven hours when a gunman opened fireplace in an exceedingly jam-pawncked shopping precinct and at a close-by McDonalds
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1 a.m.
The German press association dpa is coverage that bomb consultants square measure checking the body of a person found a couple of kilometre off from the urban center shooting scene for doable explosives.
A backpack was found on the body, that is currently being examined. Police have aforesaid they are attempting to work out if the body is that of a shooter.
Police say the shooting attack within the province capital Friday left eight victims dead.
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12:05 a.m.
Police in urban center square measure urging folks to not transfer videos or photos from the shooting attack on social media however instead to produce them to authorities for his or her investigation by uploading them at a special link on-line.
The link is https://medienupload-portal01.polizei.bayern.de.
Meanwhile, police voice Peter motion says a minimum of ten folks are hospitalized.
Bavarian public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk is coverage that twenty folks are wounded within the attack.
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11:55 p.m.
Police say the urban center shooting attack has left eight victims dead in conjunction with a ninth body that police square measure examining to visualize if it absolutely was associate degree assaulter.
Video obtained by The Associated Press from German press association NonstopNews shows 2 bodies with sheets draped over them shortly from a McDonald's across from one amongst the largest malls in urban center.
Another video announce on-line shows a gunman rising from the door of the McDonald's, raising what seems to be a shooting iron with each hands and aiming at folks on the paseo, firing as they run in terror.
Police square measure still looking town for suspected shooters and urban center is in an exceedingly transit imprisonment, with trains, buses and self-propelled vehicle cars halted.
Munich police have established a hotline for involved voters. Residents have additionally opened their doors to stranded folks seeking shelter mistreatment the Twitter hashtag #opendoor.
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11:45 p.m.
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has expressed shock and unhappiness over the shootings in urban center.
Speaking outside the U.N. council, Johnson says if this can be another terrorism "then i feel it proves another time that we've got a worldwide drawback and a worldwide illness that we've got to tackle."
He another he had mentioned addressing the method of radicalization with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon throughout a brief meeting Friday.
Earlier, Johnson self-addressed the safety Council to endorse a British-backed resolution job on the international community to assist destroy Libya's remaining chemical weapons. it absolutely was Johnson's initial visit to the U.N. as foreign secretary.
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11:35 p.m.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of workers notes that the attack in urban center has taken place on the day of another massacre.
Peter Altmaier told German public channel ARD that "today is that the fifth day of the terrible massacre in Scandinavian nation, wherever youngsters, students were killed at can by a Norwegian subject."
Asked whether or not the attack Friday in urban center that left a minimum of eight dead might are prevented, Altmaier said: "You will solely have absolute security in associate degree absolute police investigation state, and no-one needs that, it'd be the other of our free western European approach of life. "
But he adds that "this became clear once more these days, we won't speak down this danger ... and that is why it is important to administer our security agencies the instruments they have."
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11:25 p.m.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is being frequently briefed on the shooting attack in urban center and therefore the government has sent members of Germany's elite anti-terrorism force to the scene.
Merkel's chief of workers, Peter Altmaier says "all that we all know and might say straight away is that it absolutely was a cruel and vicious attack." He told the German public channel ARD that "we cannot rule out that there square measure terrorist links. we won't ensure them, however we have a tendency to square measure work on those lines too."
Altmaier says varied attacks had been prevented in FRG in recent years "but, and this can be necessary, there will ne'er be absolute security."
Munich police say eight victims have died within the attack Friday.
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11:15 p.m.
Witness Luan Zequiri aforesaid he was at the scene once the shooting poor out Friday in urban center close to a McDonald's edifice.
He tells the FRG broadcaster n-tv that he detected the assaulter yell associate degree anti-foreigner slur and "there was a extremely loud scream."
He aforesaid he saw only 1 assaulter, United Nations agency was sporting boots and a backpack. Zequiri says "I looked in his direction and he shot 2 folks on the steps." He says he hid in an exceedingly look, then ran outside once the coast was clear and saw bodies of the dead and wounded on the bottom.
Munich police say a minimum of eight folks are killed and a number of other wounded within the shooting attack on Friday, and that they square measure looking for up to 3 shooters. A ninth body is being examined to visualize if it absolutely was associate degree assaulter.
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10:55 p.m.
The us says it "condemns within the strongest terms the apparent terrorism that has claimed innocent lives in urban center."
Munich police say a minimum of eight folks are killed and a number of other wounded within the shooting attack on Friday, and that they square measure looking for up to 3 shooters. A ninth body close to the scene in north urban center is being examined to visualize if it's associate degree assaulter.
The statement by White House Press Secretary cod Earnest says the U.S. "will work closely with our German partners to whom we'll build accessible any resources that might assist their investigation."
He says "our thoughts and prayers square measure with the families and pet ones of the deceased, even as we have a tendency to would like those wounded a full recovery."
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10:45 p.m.
Munich police voice Marcus Martins says a ninth body has been found at the scene of a shooting attack in urban center and police square measure "intensively examining" it to visualize if it's going to be one amongst the attackers.
Martin says "according to my information, we're searching for 3 suspects" within the attack late Friday afternoon outside a McDonald's in urban center that police say has left eight others dead and a number of other wounded.
Martin wouldn't discuss the character of the injuries to the ninth body however aforesaid it absolutely was not one amongst the eight victims.
It was the second attack in the week in FRG. Members of Germany's elite anti-terrorism force square measure on their thanks to the scene of the urban center shooting.
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10:30 p.m.
A voice for urban center police says the quantity of individuals killed in an exceedingly shooting attack has augmented to eight.
Spokesman Peter motion told The Associated Press he will ensure eight dead and a number of other wounded within the attack Friday close to a McDonald's edifice in an exceedingly northern section of the province capital
He says "we cannot provides a precise variety for those wounded. they need been taken to urban center hospitals. The seek for suspects remains current."
Beck was unable to mention whether or not one or a lot of suspects were among the dead. Police say they're searching up to 3 suspects with rifles.
It was the second attack in the week in FRG. Members of Germany's elite anti-terrorism force square measure on their thanks to the scene of the shooting, and therefore the country's interior minister has curb his vacation to come to Berlin for a security meeting.
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10:20 p.m.
Members of Germany's elite anti-terrorism force square measure on their thanks to the scene of the deadly shooting in urban center.
A security official told The Associated Press that thirty members of the GSG9 special operations unit square measure landing in urban center "as we have a tendency to speak." The official spoke on condition of namelessness as a result of he wasn't approved to be quoted by name.
Police say the attack close to a McDonald's edifice in urban center has left a minimum of six folks dead et al. wounded.
Munich police, United Nations agency square measure job the attack "suspected coercion," square measure still looking for up to 3 doable shooters armed with rifles. No suspects are comprehended nevertheless. Residents are told to remain inside throughout the police operation.
___ Frank Jordans in Berlin
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10:15 p.m.
Germany's interior minister has curb his vacation within the us to travel back thanks to Berlin late Friday to satisfy with security officers when associate degree attack close to a McDonald's edifice in urban center left a minimum of six folks dead et al. wounded.
Munich police, United Nations agency known as the attack "suspected coercion," were still looking for up to 3 doable shooters armed with rifles. No suspects are comprehended nevertheless.
Police have urged residents to remain inside whereas the hunt is on. Facebook has created a security check for urban center shooting. Police have established a hotline for those that square measure missing relatives and square measure causing out tweets on safety suggestions in four languages — German, English, French, Turkish.
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9:50 p.m.
Munich police voice Peter motion tells The Associated Press that six folks square measure dead and a number of other square measure wounded in an exceedingly shooting attack outside a McDonald's edifice in urban center.
Munich police voice Marcus Martins tells AP they're conscious of reports that a person has killed himself whereas he was being in remission, however aforesaid there's no confirmation of this nevertheless. He says up to 3 suspects armed with rifles square measure still at massive and being afraid by police.
Munich police square measure job the Friday afternoon attack "suspected coercion." they need urged residents to stay inside whereas the police operation goes down.
They are urging social media users to refrain from speculating concerning the attack on Twitter.
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9:15 p.m.
President Barack Obama is pledging to produce FRG with no matter facilitate it's going to got to investigate a deadly shooting incident.
Obama says "exactly what is happening" in urban center is unclear.
German police and media reports say six folks are killed et al. wounded once a shooter or shooters opened fireplace at a shopping precinct in urban center. A police hunt is afoot.
Obama says he was late about to a White House meeting on police problems as a result of he was being briefed on developments in FRG, "one of our nearest allies." He told his audience the shooting is one more reminder that people's approach of life, their freedom and talent to travel concerning their everyday business depends on enforcement.
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9:05 p.m.
Munich police square measure looking for a shooter or shooters and mistreatment the term "suspected terrorism" in reference to a deadly attack at a McDonald's in an exceedingly town mall.
Bavarian public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk says six folks are killed within the attack however police square measure solely confirming "several dead and wounded" at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping precinct within the northern section of the province capital. Police say witnesses have seen 3 folks with what seem to be rifles.
No one is in custody nevertheless. All trains, trams, buses and subways within the town are finish off throughout the police operation, and police square measure urging residents to remain inside.
This is the second attack in FRG in the week, when associate degree Afghan youth attacked 5 folks with associate degree ax and a knife on Monday night close to Wurzburg before being shot dead by police.
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8:45 p.m.
A urban center police voice says witnesses have reportable seeing 3 shooters with "long guns" United Nations agency attacked a McDonald's in an exceedingly town mall.
Police voice Peter motion additionally tells The Associated Press he's not nevertheless able to ensure the report by German public broadcaster BR that six folks are killed within the shooting late Friday afternoon. Another urban center police voice, Claudia Kuenzel, says there square measure "several dead and wounded" at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping precinct.
Munich police square measure searching the suspects however nobody is in custody nevertheless. All trains, trams, buses and subways within the town are finish off throughout the police operation, and police have urged residents to remain inside.
Hospitals in urban center, a town of one.4 million folks, have known as in additional workers to arrange for the chance of huge numbers of wounded.
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8:25 p.m.
German public broadcaster BR reports that six folks are killed at a shooting at a McDonald's edifice in an exceedingly mall in urban center.
Munich police on Friday night square measure looking for the shooter or shooters, spoken language "the suspects square measure still on the run." they're urging residents and guests to remain home, obtain safety within buildings and avoid public places. town has sent smartphone alerts to inform folks to remain inside.
The attack, the second in FRG in the week, occurred simply before half dozen p.m. at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping precinct within the northern a part of urban center.
The German rail company Deutsche Bahn has stopped train traffic to urban center's main station and Munich transportation system operator MVG has finish off all subway, bus and self-propelled vehicle cars due to the police operation to search out the shooters.
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8:15 p.m.
Munich police square measure urging residents to remain home or obtain safety inside as they seek for a shooter or shooters United Nations agency attacked folks at a mall.
In a statement, urban center police say "the suspects square measure still on the run. Please avoid public places." They urge folks to not post tweets or post photos of police operations within the town.
Munich police voice Claudia Kuenzel says there square measure "several dead and wounded" within the shooting at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping precinct in northern urban center.
Munich transportation system operator MVG says all subway, bus and self-propelled vehicle cars are finish off due to the police operation till additional notice.
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8 p.m.
A urban center police voice says there square measure "several dead and wounded" in an exceedingly shooting at a mall within the province capital, and police square measure still searching down the suspect or suspects.
Claudia Kuenzel tells The Associated Press that "the shooter or shooters square measure still on the run" — either within the mall or round the mall.
Public broadcaster Bayrischer Rundfunk reports that the late afternoon attack happened at a McDonald's edifice at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping precinct within the northern a part of urban center.
Armin Fritz, a newsperson for public radio B5, says the city's entire conveyance system has been finish off as police seek for the assaulter or attackers.
It's the second attack in FRG in below per week.
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7:40 p.m.
Germany's dpa press association reports that police in urban center square measure spoken language "we expect multiple dead" in an exceedingly shooting at a mall and police square measure looking for the shooter or shooters.
Dpa is quoting urban center police as spoken language nobody has been captured nevertheless.
Dpa says the attack started at a quick food edifice within the mall, shortly before half dozen p.m. (1600 GMT) in step with urban center police voice Thomas Baumann. He was quoted as spoken language that police did not grasp whether or not they were addressing one or a lot of shooters.
The Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping precinct within the northern a part of urban center isn't aloof from the city's Olympic arena within the Moosach district of the province capital.
It's the second attack in FRG in below per week.
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7:25 p.m.
Germany's dpa press association reports that police in urban center square measure spoken language "we expect multiple dead" in an exceedingly shooting at a mall.
The Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping precinct within the northern a part of urban center isn't aloof from the city's Olympic arena within the Moosach district of the province capital.
Police square measure responding to the reportable attack Friday in massive numbers.
Munich police square measure urging folks to avoid public places. "The state of affairs remains unclear," they aforesaid on Twitter.
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6:40 p.m.
Police in FRG say there is been a shooting at a store in urban center.
Munich police ensure shots are discharged at Olympia Einkaufszentrum store however say they do not have any details concerning casualties.
Police square measure responding in massive numbers. German media say multiple folks square measure separated.
It's the second attack in FRG in below per week. On Monday, a 17-year-old Afghan wounded four folks in associate degree ax-and-knife attack on a regional train close to the province town of Wurzburg, and attacked another lady outside as he fled. All survived, though one man from the train remains in grievous condition. The assaulter was shot and killed by police.
The Muslim State cluster claimed responsibility for the train attack, however authorities have aforesaid the teenager seemingly acted alone.
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