“We now have no clues that more people participated in the attack, the investigation so far has not shown that”.
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The release extended the Palestinian government’s condolences to the government of Germany and its friendly people.
-10:38 p.m. A body wearing a backpack is found near the Olympia Shopping Center; police investigate whether it is that of the shooter.
An 18-year-old gunman who apparently acted alone has opened fire in a busy shopping mall in Munich, killing nine people in the third attack against civilians in Western Europe in eight days.
“I join other citizens of the world in condemning in strongest terms the attacks that have claimed lives of innocent people going about their daily routines”, he said.
Public transport and Munich’s train station were closed until Saturday morning and at one point during the evening.
The Saudi Embassy to Germany urged Saudis on Friday to avoid areas of gathering and remain home.
At 01.35 Munich police hold a press conference revealing the suspected gunman was an 18-year-old Iranian man who had lived in Munich for more than two years.
Members and vehicles of the police are seen near a McDonald’s restaurant (L, back) at a shopping centre in Munich, Germany, 23 July 2016.
The police had earlier said that three gunmen were responsible for the attack that started in a McDonald’s restaurant in the shopping mall in north-western Moosach district. “I it is good to know that between populations there is solidarity and that we have many friends against terrorism and violence”. They say that there were an “unknown” number of injuries and that they could not confirm if there were other crime scenes aside from Hanauer Street.
Munich police say the man who killed himself may be the only gunman.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Munich has declared a day of mourning for the victims of Friday’s shooting in the Bavarian capital.
He had left a letter and a video on YouTube which De Maiziere said was a “classical farewell video” of a suicide attacker from the Islamic State jihadist group (IS).
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Germany has been on high alert after a teenage asylum seeker attacked people with an axe on a train on Monday, injuring five.
