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| Police in the German city of Munich have asked members of the public to submit any videos, photos or audio recordings from Friday's mass shooting. | Police in the German city of Munich have asked members of the public to submit any videos, photos or audio recordings from Friday's mass shooting. |
| Nine people were killed and 16 wounded, three of them critically, at a shopping mall by a lone gunman who later shot himself dead nearby, police say. | Nine people were killed and 16 wounded, three of them critically, at a shopping mall by a lone gunman who later shot himself dead nearby, police say. |
| No motive for the German-Iranian man's actions has yet been established. | No motive for the German-Iranian man's actions has yet been established. |
| The attack is the third on civilians in western Europe in eight days, following the violence in Nice and Wuerzburg. | The attack is the third on civilians in western Europe in eight days, following the violence in Nice and Wuerzburg. |
| Police will give an update on their investigation later on Saturday. They are asking people to upload any recordings that could help them to a special account. | Police will give an update on their investigation later on Saturday. They are asking people to upload any recordings that could help them to a special account. |
| Special forces have reportedly searched the killer's home in the Munich district of Maxvorstadt. | Special forces have reportedly searched the killer's home in the Munich district of Maxvorstadt. |
| Munich, capital of the southern German state of Bavaria, was rocked by the attack on Friday evening. | Munich, capital of the southern German state of Bavaria, was rocked by the attack on Friday evening. |
| Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has given orders for flags to be flown at half-mast across Germany in mourning for the dead. | |
| Chancellor Angela Merkel has delayed a holiday in the Alps to chair a meeting of the national security council later on Saturday. | Chancellor Angela Merkel has delayed a holiday in the Alps to chair a meeting of the national security council later on Saturday. |
| The authorities say Munich is returning to normal. Public transport services, which were closed down during the huge manhunt following the attack, resumed overnight. | The authorities say Munich is returning to normal. Public transport services, which were closed down during the huge manhunt following the attack, resumed overnight. |
| People could be seen laying flowers and lighting candles outside the Olympia shopping mall on Saturday. | People could be seen laying flowers and lighting candles outside the Olympia shopping mall on Saturday. |
| First reports of the shooting came in just before 18:00 (16:00 GMT). | First reports of the shooting came in just before 18:00 (16:00 GMT). |
| Witnesses say the attacker opened fire on members of the public in Hanauer Street before moving on to the mall. | Witnesses say the attacker opened fire on members of the public in Hanauer Street before moving on to the mall. |
| A grainy video appears to show a man firing a gun outside a McDonald's fast-food restaurant as people flee. | |
| Another video shows the gunman walking around alone on a flat roof before again opening fire. He can be heard shouting at the person filming, saying at one point, "I'm German". | |
| Witness Luan Zequiri, who was in the shopping centre, told German broadcaster N-TV the attacker had been wearing military-style boots and a backpack. | Witness Luan Zequiri, who was in the shopping centre, told German broadcaster N-TV the attacker had been wearing military-style boots and a backpack. |
| "I looked in his direction and he shot two people on the stairs," he said. | "I looked in his direction and he shot two people on the stairs," he said. |
| Mr Zequiri said he hid in a shop, but when he left, he saw dead and wounded people on the ground. | Mr Zequiri said he hid in a shop, but when he left, he saw dead and wounded people on the ground. |
| The name of the gunman, who was 18, was not given. He had lived in Munich for more than two years, police said. | |
| His body was found about 1km (half a mile) from the mall. | |
| Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae told reporters overnight that the killer had not been known to police and he had no known links to militant groups. | Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae told reporters overnight that the killer had not been known to police and he had no known links to militant groups. |
| The attack came just four days after a teenage Afghan asylum seeker stabbed and injured five people on a train in Bavaria before being shot dead by police. | The attack came just four days after a teenage Afghan asylum seeker stabbed and injured five people on a train in Bavaria before being shot dead by police. |
| Claiming the attack, the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group later released a video showing the 17-year-old brandishing a knife and making threats. | Claiming the attack, the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group later released a video showing the 17-year-old brandishing a knife and making threats. |
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