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Police secure the streets and enter the Olympia mall in search of the gunmen

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Special police forces approach the scene of a shooting at the Olympia shopping centre in Munich.Felix Hoerhager

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Police secure the area inside a shopping center in Munich.STR/AFP / Getty Images

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Police walks inside Karlsplatz (Stachus) subway station near the shopping mall following a shooting in Munich.Andreas Gebert/AFP / Getty Images

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Plain clothes police take cover in the car park of the Olympia shopping mall during a shooting rampage in Munich.Handout/Reuters

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Plain clothes police run towards car park of the Olympia shopping mall during shooting rampage.Reuters

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A woman runs from the Olympia shopping mall during a shooting rampage.Reuters

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Emergency personnel secure the area near a shopping mall during a shooting in Munich.Matthias Balk/AFP / Getty Images

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Police secure the entrance to a subway station near a shopping mall where a shooting took place.Lukas Schulze/AFP / Getty Images

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Police walk near a shopping mall during a shooting in Munich.Matthias Balk/AFP / Getty Images

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A general view of the Olympia shopping mall during a shooting rampage in Munich.Reuters

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Special forces police officers stand guard at an entrance of the main train station in Munich.MICHAEL DALDER/Reuters

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People are evacuated from the area around the Olympia shopping mall in Munich.STRINGER/AFP / Getty Images

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Armed police guard the downtown pedestrian zone near Marienplatz square.Johannes Simon/Getty Images

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A warning message distributed by the German civil defence app KATWARN informing about a shooting rampage at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich.FABRIZIO BENSCH/Reuters

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Police officers respond to a shooting at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich.Joerg Koch/Getty Images

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