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BERLIN, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The number of the confirmed death during a shooting at a shopping mall in the German city of Munich rose to six, Munich police announced in the lastest press release on Friday evening.
"Currently, we can confirm six people dead and several injured, whose number is not yet known yet," as it said, adding that the police has called in a great squad of action forces.
At the moment, no perpetrator could be arrested. The search for them is running at full speed, said the police.
A spokesman of Munich police said on Friday evening said that the investigators assume three perpetrators, for whom the police is searching in the whole urban area of Munich.
However, the spokesman couldn't confirm rumors about the alleged death of a perpetrator.
The police called the shootout as an "acute terror situation" in Munich, as German news television N-TV reported earlier, citing an official announcement of Munich police.
Due to the still unclear situation, the police asked all people in Munich's urban area to stay at home or to search protection in nearby buildings.
The operation of the public transport system in Munich is currently suspended, according to the press release.
Munich police reported earlier that they were carrying out a large-scale operation in a shopping center due to a shootout. Enditem
