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The shooting at a McDonald's across from the Olympia shopping mall occurred about 5:50 p.m, police said.

A Muslim woman, named by CNN as Loretta, told the channel she heard the gunmen shout "Allahu Akbar" - meaning God is Greatest in Arabic - as they shot children.

She said: "I come out of the toilet and I hear like an alarm, boom, boom, boom.

"I saw the shooting of children, who were sitting down to eat. They could not run."