Munich shopping centre shooting: 'Multiple deaths' as gunmen go on bloody rampage at OEZ mall

At least one gunman is is being hunted by police in Munich after six people were shot dead in and outside a shopping centre.

The area around the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum (OEZ) shopping mall in the centre of the German city has been sealed off as the gunman is tracked down.

Footage showing a man firing at passers by outside the shopping centre has been posted online as has video filmed by terrified shoppers inside the mall.

One shows police officers with guns drawn looking for the person or people behind the shootings.

German media have reported that there have been multiple fatalities, though police are yet to confirm this.

Shoppers are believed to still be trapped in the mall as police try to track down the armed man.

TV images showed dozens of emergency vehicles outside themall.

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.

© Provided by Mirror Friday's attack took place a week after a 17-year-old asylum-seeker wounded passengers on a German train in an axerampage claimed by Islamic State.

Police have released a statement warning people to stay in their homes, off the road and away from the OEZ shopping centre.

Cops say it is currently unclear who is behind the 'shootout.'

© Provided by Mirror At least one person is reported to have been killed in the incident with ten injured.

Video from the scene of the attack is apparently being widely spread on IS-related Twitter accounts, although it is currently unclear whether the attack is terror-related.

There are reports that the gunman has fled into the city's underground network, although this has not been confirmed.

© Provided by Mirror Pictures are emerging from the scene showing people fleeing and what appears to be a body on the floor.

A police helicopter and what appears to be military policemen are at the scene.

A Munich police spokeswoman said that no details were immediately available on injuries or who was responsible for the shooting.

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A statement on their Twitter account said: "At the moment, we have a large police operation on the Acharya. Please avoid the area around the shopping centre."

An official at the Munich Olympia Shopping Centre declined comment, saying only, "We are experiencing a problem."