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Breaking: Spree-Shooter in Germany
Via the Telegraph:
A shooting has taken place in a shopping centre in the Moosach district of Munich, Germany, with reports of multiple dead and injured. Germany’s Muencher Abendzeitung reported that up to 15 people were killed in the incident at the Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping centre, while police told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that there were multiple deaths. “There is a major police operation under way in the shopping centre,” Munich police said on Twitter, without elaborating. An employee inside the shopping centre told the Reuters news agency “many shots were fired”.
As always, bear in mind that at least half the information initially reported will be turn out to be wrong.
Published in General
SkyNews confirming second shooting at Metro station.
From the reports it looks like the shooter fled on foot to the Metro station – if true that’s very unusual for an ISIS attack isn’t it? Usually they stay in one place until they’re killed by police.
It follows the pattern of the Charlie Hebdo shootings, though. If there truly are multiple shooters and if these evil monsters are smart, they will split up and take hostages at many separate locations to maximize the chaos.
Hard to know for sure what this is, but pray for Munich.
It is the fault of the NRA and fundamentalist Christians, no doubt. Also, haters of “the other”.
NTDWI
Sky News is currently reporting that this is the anniversary of the Oslo attacks from a few years back. It’s distinctly possible that we’re dealing with some kind of nationalist group or some other non-jihadist radicals. But in general, coordinated terror attack in a major city center sounds like ISIS.
Yeah the Oslo man targeted the kids of left wingers based on his twisted thoughts. This will likely be ISIS. Every week another horrible act in this brave new world.
They do adapt.
This would not be happening if Germany had common sense gun laws.
When will Germany take away the AR47’s and 900 mm Glocks from those people on Germany’s watch lists!
I understand that Germany actually does have a concealed carry permit. A German friend of mine explained that you had to have a good reason to get one. The only acceptable reasons was to either work for the government or be killed in a homicide.
That does sound like Germany – you can’t get a firearm unless you’ve already been murdered.
Apparently one of the shooters has taken his own life – that definitely doesn’t sound like ISIS.
So you get a post mortum CCW ?
*Distinctly* possible? And what nationalist group would attack in Germany?
People who go beyond rational levels of concern about Germany’s immigration policy. People whom the media will probably describe as typical of all those who oppose Merkel’s refugee policies if they do turn out to be responsible for this.
Angela Merkel invited them in. Ungrateful guests!
The recoil sucks, but one shot center mass (or anywhere close) and . . poof . . . no more mass.
I think you have to apply in person. Being dead may make that difficult.
I thought shooting sprees didn’t happen in other countries with sensible gun laws. It’s only in American with it’s ultra-lax gun laws and full of pickup truck driving, Bible thumpin’, sister kissing, Wal-Mart shoppers. You know it’s easier to buy a Glock that it is to breathe air or poop? Actually, I think its easier to abort a black baby than it is to get a Glock. But those Black Lives Don’t Matter.