At least nine people have been killed in a âshooting rampageâ in the German city of Munich.
The incident at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum (OEZ) - Bavariaâs largest shopping centre - in the district of Moosach, happened at around 6pm local time on Friday.
The Associated Press reported that the latest person found dead could have been the attacker. Ten people were hospitalised, police said.
The shooting erupted in a fast-food restaurant inside the mall, police told Germanyâs dpa news agency.
A police spokesman said: âThere are people who have been traumatised by this, itâs in the double figures.â
Police said there was no indication it was related to Islamist terror. A state of emergency has been declared in the city and public transport has been suspended.
Immediately after the shooting, some people were trapped inside the shopping centre but police managed to evacuate the building.
Munich Police is currently mounting its biggest operation in 10 years to find the perpetrators.
In a post on its Facebook page, the Munich police force said witnesses reported seeing three different people with guns.
A police spokeswoman said: âWe believe we are dealing with a shooting rampage.
âWe believe there was more than one perpetrator. The first reports came at 6 pm, the shooting apparently began at a McDonaldâs in the shopping centre.â
But after a perpetrator was reportedly found dead, people speculated there might have been only one attacker after all.
Police in Munich are urging people not to upload videos or photos from the shooting attack on social media but instead to provide them to authorities for their investigation by uploading them at a special link.
âMany shots were fired, I canât say how many but itâs been a lot,â an employee at the mall who asked not to be identified told Reuters.
âAll the people from outside came streaming into the store and I only saw one person on the ground who was so severely injured that he definitely didnât survive.â