We’re finally getting some clues as to the motivations of the Munich attacker:
BREAKING: Munich police say gunman was 18-year-old man with German and Iranian citizenship
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 23, 2016
MORE: Munich police chief says injured people in shooting included children, dead included youths
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 23, 2016
BREAKING: Police chief: Suspect in Munich mall shooting that killed 9 was an 18-year-old whose motive is still 'fully unclear.'
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2016
The death count stands at 10 right now. Police are saying they believe that it was just one lone gunman, despite eyewitness accounts that there were as many as 3 shooters.
UPDATE: Munich police chief says three men seen fleeing scene of shooting were found to be uninvolved
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 23, 2016
Earlier police were definitely investigating this as a terror attack. We’ll see how quickly they call it Islamist or rule it out….
You can see our earlier coverage of the attack here, and in an update here.