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Munich attack: Merkel set for emergency talks after gunman kills nine – live Munich shooting: Merkel set for emergency talks after gunman kills nine – live
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Kate Connolly
The attacker has been identified so far only by his first name, ‘David’ and the initial S for his surname. It is believed he lived with his parents in the Maxvorstadt district of the city. Police and forensic experts have been seen entering the apartment and taking away belongings.Police say David S was not known to them. But they are working on the assumption that he is the same man to be seen on a video filmed on a mobile phone that has gone viral, showing a man on the roof of a car park, in an angry exchange with a resident from a nearby housing block. In the video, the 18-year-old is heard to say: “I am German”, while residents shout abuse at him, including the work ‘kanake’ which is a derogatory term for foreigner. He says he was born in Germany, and comes from a ‘Hartz IV area’. He adds that he has been “undergoing treatment”. Hartz IV is the social security paid to long-termed unemployed people, introduced under the chancellorship of Gerhard Schröder about 12 years ago.Munich police have urged the public to upload to its website any other mobile phone videos taken at the scene of the crime, which could help them with their investigations.
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Some heartbreaking images have come into the Guardian picture desk of a father clutching a photograph of his son, believed to be one of the victim’s of the shooting. He appears to have arrived at the scene of the shooting earlier this morning.
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We now have a full translated transcript of the furious exchange between the alleged gunman as he paces on a car park rooftop and a witness, who filmed the conversation from a higher vantage point.
Interesting exchange in German ((( pic.twitter.com/OKnZTTWnDN
Here’s the full translated transcript:
Man on the balcony: “You fucking asshole you.”
Alleged shooter: “Because of you I was bullied for seven years …”
Man: “You cunt you. You’re a cunt.”
Shooter: “… And now I have to buy a gun to shoot you.”
Man: “A gun? Fuck off – your head isn’t on right.”
Shooter and man on balcony shouting at each other, inaudible
Man apparently to people filming: “He’s got a gun, here, the guy has one.”
Unknown speaker: “Shit/fucking Turks!”
Man: “Shit/fucking foreigners!”
Man to someone else: “He’s got a gun. He has loaded his gun. Get the cops here.”
Shooter: “I am German.”
Man: “You’re a cunt is what you are.”
Shooter: “Stop filming.”
Man: “A cunt is what you are, what the fuck are you doing?”
Shooter: “Yeah what, I was born here.”
Man: “Yeah and what the fuck you think you’re doing?”
Shooter: “I grew up here in the Hartz IV (unemployment benefits in Germany) area.”
Man and shooter talk at same time, inaudible
Shooter: “I haven’t done anything here for [inaudible].
Just shut your fucking face man”
Man: “You cunt you.”
Man away from shooter: “Hey, he’s on the upper floor here, [inaudible]”
Man goes into cover, shooter starts firing and man shouts something at him about “shooting here”
Shooter: “Yeah, that’s where you’re right. Yeah you’re right with that. Yeah you’re right.”
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There are reports that the shooter may have set up a fake Facebook account under a female name through which he attempted to encourage people to come down to the OEZ McDonald’s.
Under the female guise, it is claimed the gunman offered in a post to buy anyone who came down a free meal.
According to reports, the account was created a short time before the posts and was then disabled while the shooting was taking place on Friday.
The Guardian has not been able to independently verify these reports.
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Journalists reporting an ongoing heavy police presence at the OEZ mall.Journalists reporting an ongoing heavy police presence at the OEZ mall.
Still heavy police presence at #Munich's Olympia shopping center. pic.twitter.com/sD05dnzicjStill heavy police presence at #Munich's Olympia shopping center. pic.twitter.com/sD05dnzicj
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CNN spoke to a woman, named only as a Loretta, who said she witnessed the shooting as she hid in a store next door to the McDonalds. CNN spoke to a woman, named only as a Loretta, who said she witnessed the shooting as she hid in a shop next door to the McDonald’s.
She said her eight-year-old son witnessed the shooter loading his weapon in the men’s toilets in McDonalds. She said: She said her eight-year-old son witnessed the shooter loading his weapon in the men’s toilets in McDonald’s. She said:
I come out of the toilet and I hear like an alarm, boom, boom, boom. He’s killing the children. The children were sitting to eat. They can’t run.I come out of the toilet and I hear like an alarm, boom, boom, boom. He’s killing the children. The children were sitting to eat. They can’t run.
She also said the man yelled: ‘Allahu Akbar’She also said the man yelled: ‘Allahu Akbar’
She said she recognised this phrase as she herself is Muslim from Kosovo, according to CNN.She said she recognised this phrase as she herself is Muslim from Kosovo, according to CNN.
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The German Foreign Office has confirmed the security cabinet is to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel. The German foreign office has confirmed the security cabinet is to meet the chancellor, Angela Merkel.
#Munich: At 12.30pm the security cabinet meets at the Chancellery. Chllr #Merkel,different Ministers+heads of security authorities take part#Munich: At 12.30pm the security cabinet meets at the Chancellery. Chllr #Merkel,different Ministers+heads of security authorities take part
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German media reporting that public transport links that were shut down are starting to resume nearly-normal services. German media reporting public transport links that were shut down are starting to resume nearly-normal services.
Reports that subway line 3 in #Munich running again, but does not stop #OEZ shopping mall https://t.co/x3ldXgtOExReports that subway line 3 in #Munich running again, but does not stop #OEZ shopping mall https://t.co/x3ldXgtOEx
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Russian president Vladimir Putin has sent condolences to German chancellor Angela Merkel and the chief minister of Bavaria over the Munich attacks, reports Reuters, quoting Russian news agencies. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has sent condolences to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the chief minister of Bavaria over the Munich attacks, reports Reuters, quoting Russian news agencies.
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Jamie GriersonJamie Grierson
Hi, it’s Jamie Grierson here, taking on the live blog. The German ambassador in London says his thoughts are with families.Hi, it’s Jamie Grierson here, taking on the live blog. The German ambassador in London says his thoughts are with families.
Grateful for many expressions of sympathy and support by British and International friends #shooting #Munich. Thoughts are with families.Grateful for many expressions of sympathy and support by British and International friends #shooting #Munich. Thoughts are with families.
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Iran condemns the shootingIran condemns the shooting
Iran has condemned the attack, which police say was carried out by a teenage German-Iranian gunman.Iran has condemned the attack, which police say was carried out by a teenage German-Iranian gunman.
Foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi denounced “the killing of innocent and defenceless people” and expressed Iran’s solidarity with the German government and people, official IRNA news agency reported.Foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi denounced “the killing of innocent and defenceless people” and expressed Iran’s solidarity with the German government and people, official IRNA news agency reported.
Ghasemi also called for a “relentless and comprehensive fight” to eradicate violence.Ghasemi also called for a “relentless and comprehensive fight” to eradicate violence.
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Overnight armed officers carried out raids on apartments in Munich.Overnight armed officers carried out raids on apartments in Munich.
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Police interview gunman's father – reports
The German newspaper Bild is reporting that the gunman’s father is being interviewed by police. Forensic teams are searching the apartment where the gunman lived with his parents.
The report says the suspect lived in the district of Maxvorstadt.
Neighbours of the attacker told German media that he was a “quiet guy.”
“He lived right next to me,” German newspaper Bild quoted a neighbour as saying.
“A friend of mine went to school with him and said he was rather a quiet guy. He recognised him from the videos from the scene.”
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What we know so far
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There is a strong police presence on the street of Munich.
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Fears over Bayreuth opera festival
Germany’s legendary Bayreuth opera festival dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner opens on Monday, but Agence France-Presse reports that security fears and off-stage drama threaten to cast a long shadow over the 140-year-old event.
The curtain is due to go up just days after the Munich shootings and one week after five people were after injured in an axe attack on a Bavarian train in Wuerzburg that was claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.
Bayreuth is just a two-hour drive from both places.
Tighter security on Bayreuth’s Green Hill – where the Festspielhaus festival theatre stands – has been in place since the start of rehearsals in June. AFP reports:
Town authorities called for stepped measures following rumours that this year’s new production, which no one has seen yet, of Richard Wagner’s last opera, “Parsifal”, could be seen as being critical of Islam.
According to media reports, subsequently dismissed by the production’s director Uwe Eric Laufenberg, the Flowermaidens in the opera were to have worn burqas.
Festival insiders say the heightened security could sour the hitherto idyllic summer atmosphere in Bayreuth’s world-famous Festspielhaus, the theatre built to Wagner’s own designs.
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Merkel to meet with intelligence officials
In the wake of the attacks, German chancellor Angela Merkel is due to meet today with her chief of staff, Peter Altmaier, interior minister Thomas de Maiziere and a host of intelligence officials to review the incident.
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'I am German!' – gunman caught on film
Video has been posted on Twitter that appears to show the gunman being confronted by a man who asks him “What the fuck are you doing?”
Read more about the exchange here:
Related: 'I am German': Munich gunman took part in shouting match during attack
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Dawn has broken in Munich.
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German and British papers have featured the Munich attack on their front pages:
Bloodbath in Munich. @BILD front page #tomorrowspaperstoday @AllieHBNews @suttonnick pic.twitter.com/B7JXsi6yio
Saturday's Independent: 'Where will it end?' #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/b4Ea4gjjHL
Saturday's Guardian: 'Europe stunned again by multiple shootings in Munich' #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/ViyRYE20BJ
Tomorrow's front page: Terror in Munich #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/r94jFXVmaT
Saturday's Daily Telegraph: 'Manhunt after gun rampage on Munich shopping centre' #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/4FvPUGd7RW
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'Bodies and injured people'
AP reports that survivors of the attack described terrifying scenes:
“We entered McDonald’s to eat... then there was panic, and people ran out,” one woman told Bavarian public television.
She said she heard three gunshots, “children were crying, people rushed to the exit in panic”.
A man who said he worked at one of the shops in the mall, described how he came face-to-face with the shooter.
“I looked towards him, he fired at two people and I fled the building by climbing a wall.
“And then I saw bodies and injured people,” he said.
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Police to hold another press conference at noon
Wir werden gegen Mittag im Rahmen einer weiteren Pressekonferenz den Stand der Ermittlungen aktualisieren. #Schießerei #München #oez