Shooting in Munich. Main

Nine people died

In Munich in the Olympia shopping center near the Olympic stadium on Friday, July 22, shooting occurred. According to official figures, nine people were killed. The criminal was alone, he apparently committed suicide. "Medusa" tells the main thing about shooting, which in Germany is already called a terrorist attack.

At 18:50 Moscow time, German police officers received a signal about the shooting at Ganauer Strasse. There is a video on social networks, which shows how a person begins to shoot near McDonald's (this building is located on Ganauer Strasse , across the road from the Olympia shopping center). From there, the criminal headed for a Reese Strasse-this street is located perpendicular to Ganauer-Strasse-and went into Olympia. Around 19:30, numerous reports of the police operation appeared in the media, which is carried out near the shopping center. Police cars drove up to him; People ran out of the building.

Public transport stopped working in the city. The authorities closed the metro, trams and buses are stopped. The main station of Munich is evacuated.

The police officially confirmed that nine people died as a result of shooting. Another 16 people are hospitalized, including three with severe injuries.

How many criminals were at first unknown. The police initially wanted three people, but admitted that the offender could act alone. Subsequently, the police found the body of a man who opened shooting. Presumably, the criminal committed suicide. What weapons were used for shooting is also certainly unknown: the police said that it was a long -barreled weapon, while a man shoots from a short -barreled video on the video from McDonald's.

The motives of the crime are unknown. According to some data, the criminal chanted nationalist slogans and the phrase "I am German!" In addition, there is evidence that he shouted as if recently had passed treatment.

The criminal was 18 years old. Almost nothing is known about him, except that he has Iranian and German citizenship. Previously, he did not fall into the field of view of the police, the police have no information about motives yet.

The police announced the incident. The police representative Marcus Da Gloria Martins emphasized that this gives them the opportunity to apply the most stringent measures and, accordingly, achieve the best results of the work. The German Ministry of Internal Affairs does not know who was an attack - Islamists or right extremists.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel did not speak about Strailba in Munich, although the police announced the incident. “Attacks in Munich shocked me. My thoughts are now about the victims and those who mourn their loved ones, ”said Bundes President Joachim Gauk. The German President Barack Obama and British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson expressed their condolences to the Germans.

Information is relevant at 10:00 Saturday, July 23, Moscow time.