Munich shooter kills nine, commits suicide

TIL Desk/World/Munich-A teenage German-Iranian gunman has killed nine people in a shooting rampage at a busy Munich mall and then committed suicide with the German police saying today that he likely acted alone.

The third attack on civilians in Europe in barely a week sent panicked shoppers fleeing the Olympia mall as elite police launched a massive operation to track down what had initially been thought to be up to three assailants.

“The perpetrator was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich,” police chief Hubertus Andrae told after the rampage. The shooter had dual citizenship and “no criminal record”. “The motive or explanation for this crime is completely unclear,” he added.