Munich Police believe there are several perpetrators on the loose in Munich and none of have been caught yet.
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A US government official told CBS News that investigators were confident classifying the shooting as a terrorist attack, CBS News homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues reports.
Details of the shooting were unclear, but witnesses indicated that it began at a McDonald’s in the Olympia Einkaufszentrum, or shopping center, in the northern Moosach district. Public transport was reopened several hours later when police gave a cautious “all clear”.
Unverified video footage appeared to show a man opening fire at people outside a McDonald’s restaurant near to the shopping centre.
The authorities had warned of the danger of further attacks.
There is still no information about the possible motives of the attack.
The statement echoed Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, during which he vowed to work with allies of the U.S. to destroy “radical Islamic terrorism”.
No group has claimed responsibility and police have not provided a motive.
The identities of the victims.
German police and media reports say six people have been killed and others wounded when a shooter or shooters opened fire at a shopping mall in Munich.
“There were like 50 people running towards our house to seek shelter, and there was a helicopter circling above us for about 20 minutes and sirens”, she said”.
A cell-phone video posted online showed the suspect dressed in black standing on a rooftop parking area of the mall yelling back and forth with the person filming, saying at one point “I’m German” and eventually firing shots. They shut down traffic and issued an extraordinary appeal for people to avoid public places, including the subway system, suggesting that the gunman might still be at large.
“We can’t question the suspect so this is all a little more hard”, he said.
Police spokeswoman Claudia Kunzel told ABC News that “all the police that we have” responded to the situation. “They can’t run.” Lauretta said she heard the gunman say, “Allahu Akbar”, or God is great. The man who appears to be a shooter said insulting things about Turks, did not espouse jihadist ideology and spoke with a German accent.
She was not comfortable using her last name and was hiding in a store near the McDonald’s with her children while speaking with CNN.
The number of the people died in a shootout in a Munich’s shopping mall rose to 10, confirms the Munich police early Saturday.
“Our prayers are with all those affected by the frightful attacks in Munich”, Trump said.
“We expect more dead”, a police spokesman tells DPA, the German Press Agency.DPA, the German Press Agency.
Friday is also the fifth anniversary of the massacre by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway in which he killed 77 people.
The shopping mall where the shooting took place is located in what was the Olympic Village for the 1972 Munich Olympics, during which 11 Israeli athletes were taken hostage and killed along with a German policeman.
Police in Germany say there’s been a shooting at a shopping center in Munich.
Munich’s main railway station was evacuated.
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He later tweeted, “Another attack, this time in Germany”.
