At least 10 people were killed on Friday in a shooting at a shopping mall in the German city of Munich, according to German television news channel N-TV. The attack took place at around 18:00 Friday at the Olympia mall in Moosach district, not far from the Olympic Park. According to the German Press Agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, a Munich police spokesman described the attack as a severe shooting incident, but said the number of casualties and perpetrators was yet to be confirmed. He added that investigators believe there may have been three attackers, for whom police are searching the city's entire urban area. The Munich police department has deployed hundreds of police officers to the shopping mall and restricted access to the surrounding area. The investigation is still under way. |
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