Among the victims of Friday’s attack in Munich is not Polish citizens – told PAP on Saturday, the director of the Press Bureau of the Foreign Ministry Rafal Sobczak. He added that such information Polish consular staff gave the German police.
– During the chase, in which participated a large police force, at approx. 20.30, was found the body of a man who – as a result of the current investigation – committed suicide – said the head of police in Munich Hubertus Andra.
In his view, this was a wanted suspect. “The information that the crime involved several other persons have not been confirmed,” – said the commander of the Munich police.
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Investigators determined that the attackers first fired at McDonald’s and then in the mall, in which this restaurant is located. Later he attempted to escape. Striker fired his gun, and not – as previously given – with long firearms.
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According to Andry suspect is 18-year-old German of Iranian origin living in Munich. The police chief clarified later that the man was German and Iranian citizenship. He lived a long time in Munich. “Longer than two years” – he stated when asked by journalists.
Andra stressed that at this stage of the investigation can not be resolved, whether the act was a terrorist attack – as he called them French President Francois Hollande – or rather whim of a madman. – We can not yet say anything about the motives – reserved commandant. – For now, we can say that it was a shooting – he added.
Andra added that the authorities do not see the similarities between Friday and Monday’s shooting attack on a train in Wuerzburgiem, where the 17-year-old Afghan passengers attacked and injured five people. Linked jihadists news agency published Amak then recording the declaration of 17-year-old, he is a soldier of the Islamic State (IS).
Representatives of US intelligence, which refers to Reuters, claim that the preliminary information of their German counterparts that there is no clear link between the attacker from Munich and the jihadists of IS or with other organizations.
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Not Telling name striker. Andra said that he was not previously known to police.
On Saturday, in the morning the police came to the apartment in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, where, according to “Bild” striker lived with his parents. “He lived right next to me” – cites “Bild” neighbor. “A friend of mine went to school with him, he said, it was a rather quiet guy. He recognized him on the video recordings” – he added.
The body of the bomber was found in the street near the shopping center. Earlier, media reported that they were found in the park one kilometer from the crime scene. The man was carrying a red backpack, the same as the person firing the clients of McDonald’s restaurants in the mall.
The police feared that the backpack can be a bomb, therefore, to examine the contents of a police robot was used, which made the operation much stretched in time.
During the shooting of 21 people were injured. 16 of them are still hospitalized. The status of three injured is still heavy – said Andra. Among the wounded there are also children among the dead and minors. 100 people in the time of the shooting remained in the building, included psychological care.
special Forces near a shopping center in Munich, where there was a shooting
In Munich, she began again to run public transportation – subway, buses and trams. 1.5-million-dollar city is slowly returning to life.
Police found the situation to be “acute terrorist threat” (German. Akut Terrorlage). Munich sent an elite counter-terrorism unit GSG9 and other special units, including the new branch BFE + created after the attacks in France. The operation in Munich, also took part 42 officers of an elite unit of the Austrian police Cobra. The support of the authorities in Vienna asked the German side. The action was attended by 2,300 policemen and officers.
Witnesses events initially claimed that the assassination took part three armed persons. A police spokesman confirmed that officers pursued “up to three people” armed with long firearms.
Television stations showed parts of the recording of a mobile phone, showing a man in black shooting at people before entering the restaurant. According to one of the witnesses, the bomber was screaming “shitty foreigners …”. Another witness testified that the attackers shouted slogans against the Turks.
The first shots fell in the chair. 17.52 in McDonald’s restaurants in the Olympia Shopping Centre in the north of the city – said the police spokesman in Munich Thomas Baumann. In located near the center of the Olympic Stadium is 135 shops, restaurants and cafes. This is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the Bavarian capital. On Friday evening, the center is visited by a very large number of clients.
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“We do not know where the perpetrator” – gave police on Twitter. Officers with guns at the ready scoured the area in which they could be bombers. Passers-by fled in panic from the affected place. Helicopters circled over the city police. Doctors and nurses called in Munich to hospitals.
Do not confirmed the information about the shootings in and around the mall Stachus in the center of the city. The news of the shooting in the vicinity of one of Munich’s editorial staff also turned out to be untrue. While at the airport in Munich arrested one person. According to ARD, stop had no direct connection with the shooting.
Police appealed to residents to avoid public places and to stay home. She asked also on Twitter, not to post online any photos or videos of police action in the Olympia shopping center, where there was a shooting. “We do not support the perpetrators!” – Called for.
The head of the German Ministry of the Interior Thomas de Maiziere, who was on Friday en route to the US, he decided to return immediately to the country. He announced that Saturday will come to Munich.
On Saturday at noon in Berlin will meet federal security cabinet made up of representatives of the ministries responsible for the security of the country. Events in Munich is the second in a few days the incident motivated terrorist attack after the Wuerzburgiem.
The Presidents of the United States and France offered to the German authorities all the support they need after the shooting.
– We do not know yet what exactly happens, but of course our thoughts are with those who can relate wounds – he said on Friday Barack Obama. He added that “Germany is one of the closest allies of the US, so we will offer all the support you may need to face the situation.”
In turn, the Elysee Palace said that President Francois Hollande gave “personal message of support,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
German President Joachim Gauck said he was “deeply shocked” murderous attack.
Reuters reminds that on Friday marked the fifth anniversary of the massacre in Norway carried out by Anders Behring Breivik. Breivik, who in Oslo and on the island of Utoya killed 77 people, a hero of extreme right-wing militants in Europe and America.
“horrible murder in Munich. This leads to them the same day on which we mourn and remember the horrific act of terror, which five years ago so hard hit in Norway” – wrote on Twitter Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende.
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