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You are here: Home / Foreign Affairs / Shooting in Munich: All Clear is Given

Shooting in Munich: All Clear is Given

by Adam L Silverman|  July 22, 20168:19 pm| 17 Comments

This post is in: Foreign Affairs, Open Threads, Silverman on Security

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Earlier today a single perpetrator went on a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Munich, Germany. The Munich Police have now issued an all clear, confirming a single shooter, and indicating that public transportation has resumed and the shelter in place order is lifted. A press conference is ongoing, so we’ll hopefully have more information soon. As of right now we know that there are 10 dead, including the shooter who committed suicide, and 21 wounded. The only current indication of who the shooter might be and what he wanted is from an eye witness who indicated that the shooter “yelled an anti-foreigner slur”. As always this is an ongoing situation and the information is likely to change over the next 24 to 48 hours.

Update at 8:20 PM EDT

Here’s the link to the Munich Police press conference.

Update at 8:25 PM EDT

The Guardian has reported, based on a translation of the Munich Police’s press conference, that the shooter was an 18 year old German of Iranian descent. His body was found at 8:30 PM local time. They have confirmed that he shot himself.

Update at 8:40 PM EDT

The Guardian is reporting that the Munich Police have indicated that the shooter had lived in Munich for a long time and had no criminal record. The investigation is ongoing and no motive has been reported yet.

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17Comments

  1. 1.

    Trentrunner

    July 22, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    President Hillary Clinton and Vice-President Tim Kaine

    Sign me up!

  2. 2.

    Keith G

    July 22, 2016 at 8:23 pm

    If she feels he is ready to govern and that she can work with him that’s all that matters. Wish it wasn’t such an inside the box pick, but the image of stability will be a good contrast with what’s happening on the other side

  3. 3.

    Baud

    July 22, 2016 at 8:24 pm

    Adam, can you put up a Kaine thread?

  4. 4.

    Elizabelle

    July 22, 2016 at 8:27 pm

    @Baud: Seconded! Big news.

  5. 5.

    Keith G

    July 22, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    @Baud: Is he able?

  6. 6.

    Adam L Silverman

    July 22, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    @Baud: Unless he’s gone on a shooting spree, or he’s rampaging around rending attendees at a political rally limb from limb, no! I only do violent breaking news.//

    Fine…

  7. 7.

    Villago Delenda Est

    July 22, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    10 dead, 21 wounded. Those are American mass shooting numbers.

  8. 8.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    July 22, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: he’s making a lot of purity trolls cry, and I’m sure the whining about “hippie punching” will begin in a trice

  9. 9.

    Baud

    July 22, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Stay in your lane, man.

  10. 10.

    Roger Moore

    July 22, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Those are American mass shooting numbers.

    Second rate American mass shooting numbers. We can do so much better than that when we really try.

  11. 11.

    Cacti

    July 22, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    Adam, why is your robed fellow flipping the bird?

  12. 12.

    Adam L Silverman

    July 22, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    @Baud: @Elizabelle: Its up!

  13. 13.

    Peale

    July 22, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    @Cacti: I believe he’s pointing towards Vienna, telling those Hapsburgs to fuck off and let some Wittlesbach love rule the empire for a change.

  14. 14.

    Adam L Silverman

    July 22, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    @Cacti: That’s the Munich Coat of Arms – standard. There’s a fancier one for special occasions because of course there is.

  15. 15.

    Mnemosyne

    July 22, 2016 at 9:58 pm

    Some outlets were reporting that today is the 5th anniversary of the Norway massacre. Curious to find out if this is related or just an eerie coincidence.

  16. 16.

    Miss Bianca

    July 22, 2016 at 10:41 pm

    Damn. Just damn. Well, Munich seems to have contained the situation and then opened things up remarkably quickly and efficiently. Damn…such a sad thing for the city. I do wonder what the broader German reaction is likely to be, so quickly after Nice. If I didn’t somehow suspect that Daesh’s organizational capacities are both overrated and overworked right now, I’d start to wonder if there was some sort of concerted campaign of theirs . More erosion of that “grey zone” you were referring to the other day.

  17. 17.

    BruceFromOhio

    July 22, 2016 at 10:43 pm

    Calhoun’s rat study.

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