Multiple people have been killed after a shooting in Germany.

Eight people are reportedly dead and five more are injured after a gunman opened fire on a shisha bar located in the town centre of Hanau, near Frankfurt.

Local police confirmed there had been a shooting at a second location in Hanau, and multiple people had been seriously injured on Wednesday night local time.

The second attack is believed to have also occurred at another shisha bar. Police said the second crime scene was at the Kurt-Schumacher-Platz area, about 4km from Hanau.

The suspects, unknown individuals, fled from the scene following the attack, according to officials.

Coups de feu en Allemagne à Hanau (à l'est de Franckfort). Les tireurs auraient visés notamment un bar à chicha et il y aurait plusieurs victimes. #allemagne pic.twitter.com/EsPylV1UdM — Voxivitas (@voxivitas) February 19, 2020

🔴#ALLEMAGNE : 8 morts et plusieurs blessés graves dans deux fusillades qui ont visé deux bars à chicha à #Hanau près de Francfort.

Le ou les auteurs activement recherchés. pic.twitter.com/s5AgwvnG04 — Dômes & Minarets (@domes_minarets) February 19, 2020

Hanau Police released a statement saying they are searching for the offenders after two different locations were targeted in the town on Wednesday evening.

Police said initial reports suggest shots were fired at the two different locations about 10pm. They said one person was injured in the Heumarkt area before a dark-coloured vehicle fled the scene. Another incident then occurred in the Kurt-Schumacher-Platz area.

Police confirmed five people have been seriously injured. A later statement confirmed that eight people had died.

Pictures from Hanau showed a man in a blue t-shirt being handcuffed and led away by police from near the shooting.

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