In the killer’s room, police found a German translation of a book entitled “Why Kids Kill – Inside the Minds of School Shooters”.
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Police said two other people who had been thought to be linked had “absolutely nothing to do” with the attack – and that they were simply fleeing the scene.
A woman cries at a make shift memorial site near the Olympia shopping center where a shooting took place leaving nine people dead the day before on Saturday, July 23, 2016 in Munich, Germany.
“All that we know and can say right now is that it was a cruel and inhumane attack”, he said on German public channel ARD.
The Arab League also condemned the shootings.
At least 16 people, including several children, were in hospital and three were in critical condition, Andrae said.
It also extends its “complete support for the German government and authorities in the fight against violence and in favor of democracy and liberty”.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the teenager was believed to be a “lone wolf” attacker who appeared to have been “inspired” by the Islamic State group but was not a member of the jihadist network.
Hate crimes and attacks against migrants exploded after arrivals, mostly from the Middle East and Africa, reached record levels in 2015. He adds that intelligence agencies had no information on him.
Authorities are still trying to determine a motive, and de Maiziere said they were investigating reports that the shooter had been bullied by his peers.
Chancellor Angela Merkel says the country’s security services will “do everything possible to protect the security and freedom of all people in Germany” following two attacks in less than a week.
An address on Munich’s Dachauer Strasse where the shooter lived was searched by police early Saturday.
“Such an evening and such a night are hard to bear for every one of us”. “We can’t question the suspect so this is all a little more hard”. “It can count on France’s friendship and cooperation”.
Armed with a handgun, the attacker opened fire at a McDonald’s restaurant and continued along the street before entering the mall. Parliament Speaker Kadri Veseli said that “such awful attacks can not and will not change our joint values and living”.
Prosecutor Steinkraus Koch tells a news conference the suspect had a book titled: “Rampage in Head: Why Students Kill”.
Germany’s Muencher Abendzeitung reported that up to 15 people were killed in a shooting in a shopping mall in the southern city of Munich.
The posting, sent from a young woman’s account, urged people to come to the centre at 4 pm, saying: “I’ll give you something if you want, but not too expensive”. German media reported Merkel cut short a vacation in the Alps to chair a national security meeting.
Soraya told our Newscast unit that police said the suspect killed himself.
“Documents on shooting sprees were found so the perpetrator obviously researched this subject intensively”, Andrae said.
More than one gunman was believed to be involved and no one had been arrested, she said.
Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae said: “Breivik would have played a role”.
The teenager’s home was being searched and his friends and family being questioned.
Munich police spokeswoman said six people were killed and an undetermined number wounded.
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Munich’s mayor, Dieter Reiter, declared a day of mourning for the victims of “this bad act”. All were residents of Munich, he said.
