No fewer than eight persons have been reported dead in Munich, Germany when an unknown number of gunmen opened fire on people on Friday at a busy shopping mall in the German capital city.
German police are at the moment in search of the suspects, but have ruled out any act of terrorism at the moment.
Witnesses say they saw three men with guns shooting sporadically at the shopping mal.
Residents have been advised to stay indoors, while security operatives blocked several roads in the area where the shootings occurred.
At the moment, police officers are on the hunt of the shooters, while helicopters do air surveillance.