German police have evacuated a shopping centre in Munich after an armed man went on a shooting spree in the building, police have said. The Olympia shopping centre is a two-tiered glass-covered mall that was built on the site of the 1972 Olympics. The man is believed to have fled the shopping centre and headed for a nearby U-Bahn (underground) station. An emergency call was received at 6pm local time after the man opened fire in a pharmacy at the Olympia shopping centre in the Moosach district of the Bavarian city. Germany has been on high alert after a man wielding an axe and knife attacked train passengers near the southern city of Würzburg earlier this week.

Source: The Guardian July 22, 2016 16:40 UTC