A major police operation is underway after a shooting at the Olympia shopping center in Munich. The situation remains unclear and police have warned people to stay at home and off the streets. Read the latest here.
18.53 German media are reporting that Munich police have described the situation as “an acute terror threat.”
18.51 Police are looking for three suspects with long guns, following the attack at the Olympia shopping center.
18.42 Munich’s police spokesman has said “a terror attack is suspected.”
18.31 A police spokesman has told the German dpa news agency that they are “expecting several dead” from the shooting at the Olympia shopping center in Munich.
18.26 Police have repeated their request that no videos or images of the police operation are put online and issued Tweets in French, in addition to German and English, with the same information, asking people to stay at home and off the streets