22/07/16 Munich Terrorist Attack

not much info yet but some kind of major police op in Germany. Rumors of a Gunman.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...tre-evacuated-after-reported-shooting-germany

attacked passengers[/URL] on a regional train in northern Bavaria on Monday, before being shot dead by police.

German officials were treating that as the first attack with a jihadi motive by an asylum seeker on German soil.

More details soon …

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• At least six people have been killed and an unknown number injured in a shooting in Munich. Police have referred to the incident as a terror attack.
  
• At 5.52pm, gunshots were fired at a McDonald’s near the Olympia shopping centre (OEZ) in the northern Moosach area of the Bavarian capital.
  
• A video appears to show one of the gunman on the rooftop carpark of the shopping centre.
  
• A major police operation is underway. Police have said that up to three suspects armed with rifles are being hunted. No one has been arrested so far and officials have no indication of the attackers’ whereabouts.
  
• Police have said all shoppers have now left the shopping centre.
  
• The German government has set up a crisis response unit.
  
• Residents have been warned via Munich’s smartphone warning system to avoid public places, stay in their homes where possible and turn on the TV and radio.
  
• Munich central station and underground system is closed and has been evacuated. Motorists on the motorway into Munich have been asked to clear the road for police and emergency service vehicles.
  
• Hospitals throughout Munich are on emergency alert and in “catastrophe mode”.
  
• Police have said they could not confirm earlier reports of one or two other shootings elsewhere in the city, including in a large square known locally as Stachus.

What we don’t know:

• No claim of responsibility has been made and there is no indication so far of the attackers’ motives.
  
• It is not yet clear how many attackers opened fire or whether the shootings, described as a “rampage” by police, amounted to a coordinated or planned attack.

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

They're good for video feeds of things, but really once their people start talking about things you might as well mute it. If you can read words on screens you are equal to anything they can offer.

It's quite an accomplishement when a show becomes more informative once you muted it.

 

[Strelok]

It's quite an accomplishement when a show becomes more informative once you muted it.

If you aren't familiar with US Cable media, I'll sum it up.

Fox: Histrionic right wing media
MSNBC: Histrionic left wing media
CNN: 3d graphics = news! Razzle dazzle! Look at our giant touchscreens!
CBS: Who?

 

[AA 102]

If you aren't familiar with US Cable media, I'll sum it up.

Fox: Histrionic right wing media
MSNBC: Histrionic left wing media
CNN: 3d graphics = news! Razzle dazzle! Look at our giant touchscreens!
CBS: Who?

You forgot "NBC: We're also an option."

UPDATE: CBS says 6 dead.

 

[LiveFromNS]

I usually just search twitter with "XXXX live" and find all kinds of stuff. Also of course "XXXX video" would hit some yields too.

 

[Null]

europe
shooting
dead
chaos
twitterstorm
islam
terror attack
hard to untangle his motives
tragedy
etc

 

[AA 102]

German authorities are calling in GSG9

 

[Strelok]

German authorities are calling in GSG9

Aka "We fucked up and they got away. Can you get this egg off our face?"

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

SkyNews confirming second shooting in subway at Munich city centre. So, I think it does appear that there are 2 locations now.

Nothing on that on either german media I have checked. Seems unfounded just like the Stachus thing.

Also, apparently 3 attackers, possibly 6 dead (though that's a vague police estimate) and police call it a "suspected terrorist attack".

 

[Poor Choices]

europe
shooting
dead
chaos
twitterstorm
islam
terror attack
hard to untangle his motives
tragedy
etc

You forgot "It could be any ideologist that did this, Islam is not to blame".

 

[LiveFromNS]

Nothing on that on either german media I have checked. Seems unfounded just like the Stachus thing.

Also, apparently 3 attackers, possibly 6 dead (though that's a vague police estimate) and police call it a "suspected terrorist attack".

Yes, Sky retracted and referred to German media as reporting just 1 shooter/scene now.

People are still in shopping center. Maybe he is holed up in there still.

Just came across this. Not sure if legit.

 

[The Dude]

This is impossible! Germany has, like, stricter gun laws than America does! Obama told us that these kinds of shootings ONLY happen in America because we have weak gun control laws! He TOLD us!

 

[kobebyarlant]

At this point all I really feel is frustration that the people in charge aren't doing shit, I mean seriously how often times have we heard "perpetrator was being watched by police" or "was reported but no-one did anything" or something like that DO YOUR FUCKING JOB ALREADY Jesus fuck

Europe hasn't felt safe in a long time and these constant fucking bullshit excuses and handwaves aren't helping

Spoiler: Related.

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

At this point all I really feel is frustration that the people in charge aren't doing shit, I mean seriously how often times have we heard "perpetrator was being watched by police" or "was reported but no-one did anything" or something like that DO YOUR FUCKING JOB ALREADY Jesus fuck

Europe hasn't felt safe in a long time and these constant fucking bullshit excuses and handwaves aren't helping

It's like the Orlando guy, who the FBI investigated for ten months and never did anything about it. I'm sorry, but the feds don't investigate you for that fucking long unless you keep throwing out red flags.

 

[Mossy]

It's just now been officially classified as a terror attack by the police in Munich. This is sad.
Also:
"There is information about a hacked Facebook Account that allegedly invited people to McDonalds at the Crime Scene for free at 16:00 LT.
Supposedly the account got take down and the police is investigating."

 

[AA 102]

A video surfaced of the moments the shooting started. It apparently started outside of a McDonald's.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/munich-shopping-centre-attack-video-8474976

 

[vertexwindi]

It's like the Orlando guy, who the FBI investigated for ten months and never did anything about it. I'm sorry, but the feds don't investigate you for that fucking long unless you keep throwing out red flags.

Or like that paedophilia ring in Britain that the cops wouldn't do anything about because all the perpetrators were Muslims and they were afraid of being labelled racist.

Shows where the fucking priorities lie in Europe these days.

 

[Krispum Western Chumbler]

It's about time we get a "workplace violence" emoji.

 

[Lorento]

Or like that paedophilia ring in Britain that the cops wouldn't do anything about because all the perpetrators were Muslims and they were afraid of being labelled racist.

It was even more retarded in Britain because the fucking Pakistani community in the area actually demanded the police do something, but they still wouldn't deal with the problem. Utter retardation

 

[Mossy]

I don't think they're dealing with "allahu akbar" right now, there's reports of "Fuck Foreigners" shouts.

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

Gunmen are told to have been armed with rifles.
Also, possibly 2 have been taken into custody. Jesus Christ, I hope that's true.

Or like that paedophilia ring in Britain that the cops wouldn't do anything about because all the perpetrators were Muslims and they were afraid of being labelled racist.

Shows where the fucking priorities lie in Europe these days.

You're kidding me, ri-

It was even more exceptional in Britain because the fucking Pakistani community in the area actually demanded the police do something, but they still wouldn't deal with the problem. Utter exceptionality

God fucking damnit. Europe is going to ride the PC train down to hell.