Ten dead, 16 injured in shooting at Munich shopping centre
Posted July 22, 2016 10:34 am.
Last Updated July 22, 2016 6:28 pm.
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BERLIN – At least 10 people are dead, 16 others injured in Germany after a gunman opened fire at a mall.
Munich police spokeswoman Claudia Kuenzel tells The Associated Press there had been “several dead and wounded” in the shooting at Olympia Einkaufszentrum mall.
Earlier in the day there was a manhunt for three suspected shooters, but further investigation have led police to believe there was one gunman, who killed himself.
Officers are only identifying the gunman as a 18-year-old Iranian from Munich, and believe he acted alone.
Police say there were no long-barreled weapons used, and the attacker had a handgun.
A motive is still unclear.
Hospitals in Munich, a city of 1.4 million people, had called in extra staff to prepare for the possibility of large numbers of wounded. Police responded in large numbers to the mall in the northern part of Munich, not far from the city’s Olympic Stadium in the Moosach district of the Bavarian capital.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is watching the situation closely.
It’s the second attack in Germany in less than a week. On Monday, a 17-year-old Afghan wounded four people in an axe-and-knife attack on a regional train near the Bavarian city of Wuerzburg, and another woman outside as he fled.
All survived, although one man from the train remains in life-threatening condition. The attacker was shot and killed by police.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the train attack, but authorities have said the teen likely acted alone.
