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Munich Police Verifying Info on Possible Attack on Karlsplatz Square

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German police received information on a planned attack on Karlsplatz, a major square in Munich.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Munich Police are verifying the information on possible attack on one of the city's central square, Karlsplatz, the police said Saturday.

"At 5.00 p.m. [3.00 p.m. GMT] we received information on planned attack on Karlsplatz. We arrived at the site, however, it seems that the message was false," the police wrote on Twitter.

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However, the police promised to further report on the situation.

On Friday, a 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald's restaurant, killing nine people and wounding 27 others before killing himself.

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