He said that police have found no indications that anyone other than one shooter was involved.
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US President Barack Obama voiced staunch support for Washington’s close ally Germany, while European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said: “Europe stands united”. They have been taken to Munich hospitals. “The hunt for suspects is still ongoing”.
“We believe there was more than one perpetrator”.
Police confirmed his room in the flat he was living in had been searched and that documents of “frenzied attacks” had been discovered.
It was the second attack this week in Germany.
“You can only have absolute security in an absolute surveillance state, and nobody wants that, it would be the opposite of our free western European way of life”, Altmaier said.
First came the rattle of gunfire, then the panicked screams and the wail of sirens as armed attackers launched their killing spree in the German city of Munich.
Special forces police officers stood guard at an entrance of the main train station, in Munich on Friday.
The woman shortly after reported that her account had been hacked, he said. It’s unclear whether shootings have occurred at other locations, and whether the gunfire has stopped.
Mr Zequiri said he hid in a shop, but when he left, he saw dead and wounded people on the ground.
Video obtained by The Associated Press from German news agency NonstopNews showed two bodies with sheets draped over them not far from the fast food restaurant.
Tragically, eight of the nine victims in Munich were teenagers themselves. “The operation of public transportation service has been stopped”.
“The president of the republic offers his sympathy and support to the German people in this hard hour”, Hollande said, according to a statement from the presidency.
“Yesterday when I saw the footage on TV, I thought, ‘S**t, that might be my neighbor.’ I was quite frightened and I think the situation feels very disconcerting”, Baumanns said. Still no confirmation on injured and dead. “There’s a woman over them, crying”.
A truck plowed into a crowd of Bastille Day revelers in Nice, France, last week, killing more than 80 people. He was reportedly carrying a book when he shot himself, Why Kids Kill: Inside The Minds Of School Shooters.
In May, a mentally unstable 27-year-old man carried out a knife attack on a regional train just southeast of Munich, killing one person and injuring three others.
Survivors of the rampage described scenes of horror.
“We are urging people to stay indoors”. AP is reporting Munich’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung paper says city’s transit system has shut down following shooting at a mall.
CNN and ABC report that the suspect or suspects are on the run and not in custody. Police say the shooter had literature about mass shootings, but nothing that would link him to extremist groups. It was not immediately clear if they had dual nationality.
Police would not give information beyond that.
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The first call by an eyewitness was received at 5.50 p.m. and notified authorities about gunfire on two streets near the Olympia shopping complex, which is located in a residential area and is made up of 135 commercial establishments, Al Jazeera reported. “Only God knows what happened”, Telfije Dalpi, a 40-year-old Macedonian neighbour of the family told Reuters.
