Attack began 5:15pm Local  ♦ At least one gunman has opened fire on citizens in Munich Germany. ♦ There are multiple locations involved. ♦ Multiple deaths and wounded victims.  ♦ Islamic Terrorism is suspected. ♦ At least nine people killed ♦ Gunman shouting Allahu Akbar.  ♦ One gunman specifically targeted children at McDonalds.

A video has surfaced showing one of the gunman on a cell phone moments before opening fire on citizens outside a McDonalds restaurant.  WATCH:

In the video above it appears the gunman (dressed in black) is using his right hand to hold a cell phone to his left ear just before he opens fire with a handgun in his left hand.

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REUTERS – 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.

munich 1Authorities were evacuating people from the Olympia mall but many others were hiding inside.  The Bavarian Interior Ministry said three people were dead, NTV television reported. A Munich police spokeswoman said multiple people were killed or wounded.

“We believe we are dealing with a shooting rampage,” the spokeswoman said.

More than one gunman was believed to be involved and no one had been arrested, she said.

“We believe there was more than one perpetrator. The first reports came at 6 p.m., the shooting apparently began at a McDonald’s in the shopping center. There are still people in the shopping center. We are trying to get the people out and take care of them.”

Police special forces had arrived at the scene, NTV said.

It was not immediately clear who carried out the attack, which took place a week after an axe-wielding 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.

“Many shots were fired, I can’t say how many but it’s been a lot,” the employee, who declined to be identified, said from the mall in Munich.

“All the people from outside came streaming into the store and I only saw one person on the ground who was so severely injured that he definitely didn’t survive,”

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“We have no further information, we’re just staying in the back in the storage rooms. No police have approached us yet.”

Munich transport authorities said they had halted several bus, train and tram lines.

The shopping center is next to the Munich Olympic stadium, where the Palestinian militant group Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage and eventually killed them during the 1972 Olympic Games.  (read more)

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