SEVERAL people are feared dead following a shooting at a shopping centre in Munich. Here is a timeline of the incident so far.
:: At 16.50 BST on Friday witnesses called police and said there was a shooting on Hanauer Street. Unverified video footage showed a gunman outside a McDonald's restaurant, thought to be on the same street, firing at people who could be seen running from the scene.
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:: Witnesses reported to police that they had seen three people with weapons.
:: The shooting then moved from Hanauer Street to the nearby Olympia shopping centre, police said.
:: Shortly after 19.00 BST, German police said that suspects were "still on the run" and they urged people to "avoid public places".
:: German public broadcaster BR reported that six people were killed during the shooting.
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Munich Police said they are treating the gun attack at a shopping centre as "suspected terrorism".
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