BREAKING: Over A Dozen Casualties In Terrorist Attack At German Mall
It is with weary hearts and abject horror that we must bring you news of a possible terrorist attack in Munich, Germany. As many as fifteen are dead after a mass shooting in at the Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping mall, a subway station, and a coffee shop. Unconfirmed Twitter reports indicate that there may still an active shooter – or possibly multiple shooters.
The attack is the most recent in a string of strikes by lone wolves or Daeshi (ISIS/ISIL) sleeper cells. Ethnoreligious tensions are skyrocketing as Europe is flooded with refugees as the Syrian Civil War drags into its fifth year. That conflict gave rise to Daesh in the first place, while Assadi brutality purposefully drives his population out of Syria and into Europe, purposefully destabilizing and inflaming far-right anti-immigration, anti-globalist sentiment – further dividing us and making us all easy targets for predatory forces to exploit.
Germany has been a bastion of multiethnic pluralism and has embraced hundreds of thousands of refugees desperately fleeing conflict – and Daesh is trying to punish them for it. But as always, should xenophobia succeed, it will be the innocents who suffer. As after every one of these attacks, we can only ask for people to not give in to fear and hatred and keep the cycle of violence from infinitely perpetuating.
WARNING: Graphic images.
This is an ongoing story and will be updated as new information becomes available.
UPDATE: @BILD report that police are claiming attacker is dead, checking backpack for explosives.
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) July 22, 2016
UPDATED: Munich gunman screamed anti-immigrant slogans before shooting: report https://t.co/UP078I2hD5 pic.twitter.com/l2aBwhRTnk
— The Hill (@thehill) July 22, 2016
Good riddance.. Regardless of his race, and motives. #Munich https://t.co/yb9jQHl2UD
— Nervana Mahmoud (@Nervana_1) July 22, 2016
Unconfirmed stuff circulating suggesting at least one of the gunmen was “German nationalist”. No way to authenticate the reports yet.
— Iyad el-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) July 22, 2016
Munich police say witnesses reported at least three attackers in shopping centre shooting. https://t.co/42c6XEHFCv pic.twitter.com/RCyXBgxjjI
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) July 22, 2016
Police say they believe they are dealing with more than one attacker in #Munich https://t.co/rHJyLFQWev
— BBC South Today (@BBCSouthToday) July 22, 2016
VIDEO: Unconfirmed footage of the shooter opening fire in #Munich – @engelhardteliaspic.twitter.com/fKHBKp4RZb
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) July 22, 2016
Police reports several shooters now, still on the run. #Munich
— Docm77 (@docm77) July 22, 2016
MORE: Munich police tell people to remain in their homes, leave the area around the OEZ shopping centre in Munich.https://t.co/rcuvHhcFkc
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) July 22, 2016
Germany’s Muencher Abendzeitung paper reports up to 15 people killed in shooting at #Munich shopping mall. Unconfirmed by authorities.
— Jack Moore (@JFXM) July 22, 2016
BREAKING NEWS: LOCAL MEDIA REPORTING AT LEAST 10 DEAD IN SHOPPING CENTER SHOOTING IN MUNICH, GERMANY.
— Breaking News Feed (@pzf) July 22, 2016
Footage: Shoppers flee as gunman is on the loose in #Munich shopping centre https://t.co/m5AasIqSLK pic.twitter.com/ZFGa3SMLL0
— The Sun (@TheSun) July 22, 2016
Photo via @giacomoscardua on the shooting at shopping centre at #Munich #Germany pic.twitter.com/dN1Rczx8th
— Jasmine Opperman (@Jasminechic00) July 22, 2016
