Shooting Spree In Munich Leaves 9 Dead
MEP: A shooting at a shopping centre in the southern German city of Munich left at least nine people dead was carried out by a 18 years old gunman who then killed himself, officials said.
The shooter is believed to have acted alone and with no clear motives.
The shooting took place at a fast food restaurant at the Munich Olympia Shopping Center shortly before 6 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) on Friday, Munich police spokesman Thomas Baumann said.
Chilling video footage showed a man opening fire on terrified members of the public outside a McDonald’s restaurant.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to convene her security council on Saturday. The shooting came just days after an axe rampage on a train in the same German state of Bavaria and just over a week after a truck attack in the French Riviera city of Nice that killed 84 people.
Police said the shooter was an 18-year-old German-Iranian who lived in the country for over two years and whose motives “are still unclear.”
Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae told the news conference early on Saturday that the suspect had no known links to terror groups, although investigations were continuing.
