Shooting rampage in Munich shopping mall: As it happened

Gunmen went on a shooting rampage in a shopping mall in the southern German city of Munich on Friday, killing and wounding many people, police said.

By Biplob Ghosal | Last Updated: Saturday, July 23, 2016 - 02:03

Gunmen went on a shooting rampage in a shopping mall in the southern German city of Munich on Friday, killing and wounding many people, police said.

23 July 2016, 00:31 AM

Munich police warn of 'acute terror situation'.

23 July 2016, 00:29 AM

The public transportation service in the southern German city said bus, metro and streetcar service has been suspended "on police orders".

23 July 2016, 00:12 AM

Police say witnesses reported seeing three people with guns near the Munich mall.

22 July 2016, 23:54 PM

Munich shooting is terror attack, says German police.

22 July 2016, 23:50 PM

German public broadcaster BR reports 6 people have been killed at the mall shooting in Munich.

22 July 2016, 23:38 PM

The Bild newspaper reports that a gunman ran through the mall near the Olympic stadium in the southern German city, firing on several people before fleeing in the direction of a nearby metro station.
 

22 July 2016, 23:33 PM

Three suspected gunmen involved in Munich shooting: Police

22 July 2016, 23:25 PM

Police asks citizens not to post pictures of shooting area on social media platforms.

22 July 2016, 23:24 PM

Shooting reported from metro station in Munich, reports say.

22 July 2016, 23:18 PM

Munich's Sueddeutsche Zeitung paper says city's transit system has shut down following shooting at a mall.

22 July 2016, 23:10 PM

It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack, which took place a week after an axe-weilding teenager went on a rampage on a German train. Islamic State claimed responsibility for that attack.

Staff in the mall were still in hiding, an employee told Reuters by telephone.

22 July 2016, 23:09 PM

'We believe we are dealing with a shooting rampage', Munich police was quoted by Reuters.

22 July 2016, 23:08 PM

Multiple people injured and killed in Munich shopping center shooting, says German Police.Police cars and fire trucks stand near a shopping centre in which a shooting was reported in Munich.

22 July 2016, 23:07 PM

Several people were reported to be killed and many wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Munich today.

The mall is located near the southern German city's Olympic stadium. 

Munich police said on Twitter: "There is a major police operation under way in the shopping centre."

According to witnesses who wrote on social websites, shots were fired at the centre and people were seen fallen on the ground.