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Shooting in Munich: What We Know, and What We Don’t | Shooting in Munich: What We Know, and What We Don’t |
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Eight people are dead and at least a dozen wounded Friday afternoon in a shooting near a shopping mall in Munich, the police said. The police are investigating whether a ninth person, whose body was found about half a mile from the mall, was involved in the attack. | |
• The Munich police are treating the assault as a suspected terrorist attack, and a police spokeswoman described it as a “shooting rampage.” | • The Munich police are treating the assault as a suspected terrorist attack, and a police spokeswoman described it as a “shooting rampage.” |
• The police and German counterterrorism units are searching for up to three suspects armed with “long guns,” which could be any weapon longer than a pistol. | • The police and German counterterrorism units are searching for up to three suspects armed with “long guns,” which could be any weapon longer than a pistol. |
• A state of emergency was declared in Munich, giving the police expanded powers. Munich, Germany’s third-most-populous city, after Berlin and Hamburg, was in a state of lockdown after the manhunt shut down traffic and public transportation. | • A state of emergency was declared in Munich, giving the police expanded powers. Munich, Germany’s third-most-populous city, after Berlin and Hamburg, was in a state of lockdown after the manhunt shut down traffic and public transportation. |
• The police received a call at 5:50 p.m. from someone who reported hearing shots on Hanauer Street, near the Olympia Shopping Center in the Moosach district, northwest of the city center. | • The police received a call at 5:50 p.m. from someone who reported hearing shots on Hanauer Street, near the Olympia Shopping Center in the Moosach district, northwest of the city center. |
• A video circulating on social media showed a man dressed in black firing shots outside a McDonald’s restaurant on Hanauer Street across from the mall. | • A video circulating on social media showed a man dressed in black firing shots outside a McDonald’s restaurant on Hanauer Street across from the mall. |
• Shooting victims have begun arriving at the hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. | • Shooting victims have begun arriving at the hospital of the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. |
• The identity of the attacker, or the identities of the victims. | • The identity of the attacker, or the identities of the victims. |
• The motive for the attack. | • The motive for the attack. |
• The number of people wounded, and the severity of their injuries, although a state broadcaster, BR, said 20 had been injured, some severely. |