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Ten people were killed and at least 21 wounded late Friday afternoon by a lone gunman near a shopping mall in Munich, the police said. The gunman, whose body was found about half a mile from the mall, is believed to have committed suicide. A a lone gunman killed nine people and seriously injured 27 others near a shopping mall in Munich late Friday afternoon. The gunman, whose body was found about half a mile from the mall, fatally shot himself, officials said.
• At an early morning news conference on Saturday, the police described the gunman as an 18-year-old German-Iranian with dual citizenship who had lived in Munich for two years. In keeping with police protocol, he was not identified. He had no police record, officials said. • The gunman was an 18-year-old native of Munich, with dual German and Iranian citizenship. In keeping with police protocol, he was not identified. He had no criminal record.
• A police spokeswoman described the attack as a “shooting rampage,” and the police initially said they were treating it as a suspected terrorist attack. Later, Hubertus Andrä, the Munich police chief, said they were revising their assessment and calling it just a “shooting” until they knew more. • He acted alone, and there is no evidence that he was involved in any terrorist group.
• Chief Andrä said there was no evidence that a rifle had been used. “From what we know, it was a pistol,” he said. • The gunman used a 9mm Glock — the serial number of which had been scratched off — and was carrying a backpack with 300 rounds of ammunition.
• The police were initially searching for up to three suspects, but later said the attack was the work of one man. • The nine people who died were mostly young: three were 14 years old, two were 15, and the others were 17, 19, 20 and 45. Three of the nine were female. All lived in the Munich area. Of the 27 people injured, 10 were in critical condition, including a 13-year-old boy.
• A red backpack was found with the body of the gunman, and the police were using a robot to check its contents. • At a search of his Munich home early Saturday morning, the police found articles on past episodes of mass violence, as well as the German edition of “Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters,” a study by an American academic psychologist.
• 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. Transit services resumed after a few hours. • The gunman had reported being bullied and police had looked into the matter.
• 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 at first believed they were searching for up to three gunmen, but now say the attack was the work of one man.
• 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 state of emergency that had been declared in Munich, Germany’s third largest city and the capital of the state of Bavaria, is now over, but the city remains in mourning.
• Shooting victims arrived at the hospital of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and at other hospitals. Of the 21 wounded, 16 remained hospitalized. • Chancellor Angela Merkel and other top officials met in Berlin to discuss the situation.
• The identity of the attacker, or the identities of the victims. • The full identities of the attacker or his victims.
• The motive for the attack. • His motivations, and the role that depression or other mental disturbances, or bullying, might have played in the attack.
• How the killer acquired the 9mm Glock, in a country where handguns are very strictly regulated.