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On 22 July 2016, a shooting occurred in the vicinity of the [[Olympia-Einkaufszentrum (shopping mall)|Olympia shopping mall]] in the [[Moosach (District of Munich)|Moosach district]] of [[Munich]], Germany.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36870874|title=Munich shooting: Police say nine dead as manhunt continues|website=BBC News|date=22 July 2016|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/munich-shooting-shots-fired-oez-shopping-centre-mall-germany-city-munchen-armed-police-a7151186.html|title=Munich shooting: 'Shots fired' at OEZ shopping centre in German city|work=The Independent|date=22 July 2016|language=en-GB|access-date=22 July 2016|first=Siobhan|last=Fenton}}</ref> Ten people, including the gunman, were killed, and a further 16 were injured.<ref name="BBCLive" /><ref name="PolizeiMuenchen 2016-07-23">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PolizeiMuenchen/status/756659813396930563|title=PolizeiMuenchen on Twitter|author=Polizei München|date=23 July 2016|publisher=twitter.com|accessdate=23 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="ctvnews 2016-07-23">{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/police-look-for-motive-in-munich-shooting-1.2999341|title=Police look for motive in Munich shooting|last=CTV News|first=World|date=23 July 2016|publisher=ctvnews.ca|accessdate=23 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jul/22/munich-shooting-police-evacuate-shopping-centre-live |title=Munich shooting: police say several people killed in 'rampage' – live |work=The Guardian |date=22 July 2016 |accessdate=22 July 2016 |first=Kevin |last=Rawlinson}}</ref> Local media identified the lone gunman as 18-year-old Ali David Sonboly, a [[Iranians in Germany|German-Iranian]]<ref name="DailyStandard" /> who died at the scene by a self-inflicted gun wound to the head. The shooting took place at a [[McDonald's]] restaurant near the shopping mall.<ref name="BBCLive/><ref name="washingtonpost 2016-07-22" /><ref name="welt">{{cite news|url=http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article157237504/Mehrere-Tote-bei-Schuessen-an-Muenchner-Einkaufszentrum.html|title=Tote bei Schüssen an Einkaufszentrum – offenbar Schüsse am Stachus|trans-title=Deaths in shooting at mall – apparently shots at Stachus|date=22 July 2016|publisher=Die Welt|accessdate=22 July 2016|via=Welt Online|language=German}}</ref><ref name="Welt2">{{cite news|url=http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article157237504/Taeter-hat-sich-vermutlich-selbst-getoetet-und-alleine-gehandelt.html|title=Täter hat sich vermutlich selbst getötet und alleine gehandelt|trans-title=Offender has probably killed himself and acted alone|last=Barfuss|first=Thore|date=22 July 2016|last2=Tann|first2=Marie von der|newspaper=Welt Online|access-date=22 July 2016|language=German}}</ref><ref name="welt10">{{cite news|url=http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article157237504/Mutmasslicher-Taeter-ist-18-jaehriger-Deutsch-Iraner-aus-Muenchen.html|title=Täter soll 18-jähriger Deutsch-Iraner sein|trans-title=Shooter is probably of German-Iranian descent|date=22 July 2016|publisher=Die Welt|accessdate=22 July 2016|via=Welt Online|language=German}}</ref> |
On 22 July 2016, a shooting occurred in the vicinity of the [[Olympia-Einkaufszentrum (shopping mall)|Olympia shopping mall]] in the [[Moosach (District of Munich)|Moosach district]] of [[Munich]], Germany.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36870874|title=Munich shooting: Police say nine dead as manhunt continues|website=BBC News|date=22 July 2016|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/munich-shooting-shots-fired-oez-shopping-centre-mall-germany-city-munchen-armed-police-a7151186.html|title=Munich shooting: 'Shots fired' at OEZ shopping centre in German city|work=The Independent|date=22 July 2016|language=en-GB|access-date=22 July 2016|first=Siobhan|last=Fenton}}</ref> Ten people, including the gunman, were killed, and a further 16 were injured.<ref name="BBCLive" /><ref name="PolizeiMuenchen 2016-07-23">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PolizeiMuenchen/status/756659813396930563|title=PolizeiMuenchen on Twitter|author=Polizei München|date=23 July 2016|publisher=twitter.com|accessdate=23 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="ctvnews 2016-07-23">{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/police-look-for-motive-in-munich-shooting-1.2999341|title=Police look for motive in Munich shooting|last=CTV News|first=World|date=23 July 2016|publisher=ctvnews.ca|accessdate=23 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/jul/22/munich-shooting-police-evacuate-shopping-centre-live |title=Munich shooting: police say several people killed in 'rampage' – live |work=The Guardian |date=22 July 2016 |accessdate=22 July 2016 |first=Kevin |last=Rawlinson}}</ref> Local media identified the lone gunman as 18-year-old Ali David Sonboly, a [[Iranians in Germany|German-Iranian]]<ref name="DailyStandard" /> who died at the scene by a self-inflicted gun wound to the head. The shooting took place at a [[McDonald's]] restaurant near the shopping mall.<ref name="BBCLive/><ref name="washingtonpost 2016-07-22" /><ref name="welt">{{cite news|url=http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article157237504/Mehrere-Tote-bei-Schuessen-an-Muenchner-Einkaufszentrum.html|title=Tote bei Schüssen an Einkaufszentrum – offenbar Schüsse am Stachus|trans-title=Deaths in shooting at mall – apparently shots at Stachus|date=22 July 2016|publisher=Die Welt|accessdate=22 July 2016|via=Welt Online|language=German}}</ref><ref name="Welt2">{{cite news|url=http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article157237504/Taeter-hat-sich-vermutlich-selbst-getoetet-und-alleine-gehandelt.html|title=Täter hat sich vermutlich selbst getötet und alleine gehandelt|trans-title=Offender has probably killed himself and acted alone|last=Barfuss|first=Thore|date=22 July 2016|last2=Tann|first2=Marie von der|newspaper=Welt Online|access-date=22 July 2016|language=German}}</ref><ref name="welt10">{{cite news|url=http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article157237504/Mutmasslicher-Taeter-ist-18-jaehriger-Deutsch-Iraner-aus-Muenchen.html|title=Täter soll 18-jähriger Deutsch-Iraner sein|trans-title=Shooter is probably of German-Iranian descent|date=22 July 2016|publisher=Die Welt|accessdate=22 July 2016|via=Welt Online|language=German}}</ref> |
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Ali David Sonboly had a photograph of notorious murderer Anders Breivik as his WhatsApp profile picture and the shoting occured exactly 5 years after the 22 July 2011 Breivik's attack.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3704706/Munich-murderer-18-picture-mass-killer-Anders-Breivik-WhatsApp-profile-police-probe-obvious-link-two.html</ref> |
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Location | Moosach, Munich, Germany |
Coordinates | 48°11′0″N 11°32′1″E / 48.18333°N 11.53361°E |
Date | 22 July 2016 17:52 (UTC+2) |
Target | Civilians |
Attack type | |
Weapons | Glock 17[2] |
Deaths | 10 (including the assailant)[3][4] |
Injured | 27 (4 by gunfire)[5] |
Assailant | Ali David Sonboly[6][7] |
Motive | Unknown[8] |
On 22 July 2016, a shooting occurred in the vicinity of the Olympia shopping mall in the Moosach district of Munich, Germany.[1][9] Ten people, including the gunman, were killed, and a further 16 were injured.[3][10][11][12] Local media identified the lone gunman as 18-year-old Ali David Sonboly, a German-Iranian[7] who died at the scene by a self-inflicted gun wound to the head. The shooting took place at a McDonald's restaurant near the shopping mall.[3][6][13][14][15]
Ali David Sonboly had a photograph of notorious murderer Anders Breivik as his WhatsApp profile picture and the shoting occured exactly 5 years after the 22 July 2011 Breivik's attack.[16]
Shooting
At 17:52 CEST (15:52 UTC), a lone gunman opened fire at a McDonald's west of the Olympia shopping mall in Moosach, a district of Munich, Germany. Soon after, there was an urgent warning to avoid the Karlsplatz ("Stachus"), where German media outlets reported multiple shootings and multiple attackers. Drivers were advised not to pick up any passengers. Later, police denied that there was a crime scene at Karlsplatz, though a mass panic was reported there. People in Munich were warned by the police to stay at home and avoid crowds and public squares.[17][18]
Perpetrator
Ali David Sonboly (called David S. by the police), an 18-year old Iranian-German of dual nationality, was identified as the shooter.[19] The Munich Police Department held a press conference, stating that the gunman was born and raised in Munich and had no criminal record.[20][21] He lived in an apartment in Maxvorstadt with his parents.[22][23] Sonboly had a job distributing a free newspaper, the Münchener Wochenblatt.[24]
Casualties
Nine civilians and the perpetrator died in the incident, and another 16 were injured.[10][11] Seven of the victims were teenagers; most were of ages 14-21. Three of the victims were Turkish citizens, Turkey’s foreign minister said. Another three were of Kosovo-Albanian origin according to posts by family members made on Facebook.[25][26] In preparation for admitting injured civilians, multiple hospitals called their medical staff for work outside normal working hours. A state of emergency was declared at the Rechts der Isar Hospital, where an injured civilian died.[13]
Aftermath
The Munich U-Bahn, tram, and bus service, as well as services on the central portion of the S-Bahn in Munich, were stopped.[27][28] Munich main station was evacuated and all trains in and out of Munich were cancelled. Regional and inter-city trains ceased their service to and from the region of the shooting.[29] Deutsche Bahn provided accommodation trains for stranded commuters and tourists, where they could seek refuge. These were located at Mammendorf, Starnberg, Geltendorf, Dachau and Freising.[30]
Investigation
Following initial reports of shots being fired, some 2,300 officers from the greater area and surrounding states were deployed throughout Munich. A manhunt was soon initiated. Munich police urged residents not to leave their homes until further notice.[1][31] The special operations police unit GSG 9 was deployed.[32] Other regions of Germany, Austria and Switzerland were asked to assist in the investigation.[3] It was reported that a backpack that appeared to match the one which the gunman had been wearing at McDonald's was found. Police reportedly used a robot to investigate it.[12] Police officials originally said the shooting "looked like a terror attack", but later confirmed that there was only one gunman.[33]
A German prosecutor says the shooting appears to be a “classic shooting rampage” and not terrorism.[19] However, an eye witness described hearing Sonboly shout "Allahu Akbar", an Arabic phrase translating approximately to "God is greatest" that is frequently used as a battle cry by Islamic terrorists[citation needed] during attacks.[34] In addition, police have also stated that there are "obvious links" between the Munich shooter and Anders Behring Breivik who perpetrated the 2011 Norway attacks.[35] The German interior minister rejected claims that the perpetrator and his actions had any connections with Breivik[36]
Police investigator, Robert Heimberger, said that the shooter appeared to have hacked a girl's Facebook account in order to lure people to McDonald's with an offer of free food.[37][38]
Reactions
Bavarian State Police urged people not to publish any pictures or videos of the police action, in order to prevent the perpetrators from gaining information.[39] They provided a special upload platform, which allows any witness to upload pictures, audio, or video recordings directly to assist in the investigation.[40] Citizens of Munich also used the Twitter hashtag #offeneTür (open door) to tell people needing shelter where they could go.[1]
International
The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attack. The Ministry's spokeperson Bahram Ghassemi expressed condolences to the German government and nation: "The killing of innocent and defenseless civilians has marked another blot on the human history".[41]
Other foreign leaders condemned the shooting.[3][12][42][43][44][45][46]
See also
References
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The motives for this abhorrent act have not yet been completely clarified - we still have contradictory clues," German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement.
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- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3704706/Munich-murderer-18-picture-mass-killer-Anders-Breivik-WhatsApp-profile-police-probe-obvious-link-two.html
- ^ "Polizei München on Twitter: "+++ACHTUNG+++ Meiden Sie die Umgebung um das #OEZ – Bleiben Sie in Ihren Wohnungen. Verlassen Sie die Straße!+++"" [+++ATTENTION+++ Avoid the area around the #OEZ – Stay in your homes. Leave the road!+++] (in German). Twitter. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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