A policewoman has been shot during an incident at a subway station in a Munich suburb this morning.

The officer and several civilians were injured by an assailant who reportedly grabbed the policewoman's gun.

According to German authorities, the incident took place during a morning police check at the Unterfoehring subway station.

The suspect was also injured and is now in custody.

Witnesses said the suspect took the officer's handgun and shot her and injured others at the S-Bahn station in the northeastern suburb of the Bavarian city.

Munich police said in a tweet:  "Several people were injured by shots. A female police officer was badly wounded."

According to The Telegraph, a Bavarian radio station reported: "According to police information, it is probably not a terrorist attack."

Police later said there had been "no political or religious motive" in the shooting.