Munich police have sealed off the area surrounding the OEZ shopping mall a few minutes ago today July 22, 2016 Bild.de and other media report about a shooting at the mall. As soon as we know more, we will update this post.

Update: A man has apparently shot at people at a drugstore at the mall. He has reportedly escaped. People were injured.

Update: Read more about the attack here.

The OEZ opened in time for the 1972 Olympic Games. It was then that the Olympia Einkaufszentrum, called OEZ for short, opened its doors and presented what at that time was a completely new type of shopping. In the course of the decades Bavaria's largest shopping centre has been expanded even further and modernised.