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2016 Munich shooting attack

Notorious hate preacher Abu Walaa showing his back in an online video, as has become his trademark. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 26, 2017, 6:05 am
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By Michelle Fitzpatrick
Flowers and candles have been placed in front of the main entrance of the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping mall in Munich, Germany, Monday, July 25, 2016, after a rampage that left numerous people dead and injured. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP).
July 25, 2016, 11:08 pm
German refugee policy under fire after a week of bloodshed
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By Kirsten Grieshaber and Vanessa Gera
People mourn in front of candles and flowers on July 24, 2016 in front of the Olympia Einkaufszentrum shopping center in Munich, southern Germany, where an 18-year-old German-Iranian student run amok. (AFP / Christof Stache)
July 25, 2016, 12:41 am
Police arrest teenage friend of Munich gunman
In 1st arrest of investigation, authorities say 16-year-old Afghan friend of Ali Sonboly may have been aware of plans
By AFP and ToI Staff
Cynthia McKinney, seen in a photo from 2008, was the Green Party’s presidential candidate that year. (Wikimedia Commons)
July 24, 2016, 11:32 pm
Ex-congresswoman claims Israel behind European massacres
Cynthia McKinney links to video ‘proving’ Israel responsible for Nice, Munich attacks because German photographer supposedly at both scenes is married to former MK
By ToI Staff
Policemen stand in front of the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping center on July 23, 2016 in Munich, southern Germany, one day after a teenage German-Iranian gunman killed nine people and wounded 16. (AFP/ Christof Stache)
July 24, 2016, 9:28 pm
Munich attack sparks calls to lift post-Nazi era clamps on military
Current constitution says Germany can call in army domestically only for a national emergency; politicians spar over tough issue
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Police secures the area outside a shopping center in Munich on July 22, 2016 following a shooting attack. (AFP PHOTO/STR)
July 24, 2016, 7:23 pm
Police say terror motive unlikely after German machete attack
Syrian asylum-seeker ‘known to police’ kills woman, injures two others in southern city of Reutlingen as country remains on edge
By AFP
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 24, 2016, 2:17 pm
NYT says Bloomberg will back Clinton — and he tweets it
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By Sara Miller
Police officers stand at the entrance of the subway station near the shopping mall Olympia Einkaufzentrum OEZ in Munich on July 23, 2016 a day after a gunman went on a shooting rampage in the busy shopping center, killing nine people. (AFP PHOTO/DPA/Karl-Josef Hildenbrand)
July 23, 2016, 11:32 pm
Netanyahu sends condolences to Germany after Munich attack
PM says Israel stands by ally, day after German-Iranian teen kills 9 people in shooting rampage; police say no IS link
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A girl puts down flowers in front of the Olympia shopping center were a shooting took place, leaving nine people dead the day before on Saturday, July 23, 2016 in Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Sebastian Widmann)
July 23, 2016, 8:13 pm
Munich pulls together after shopping mall shooting
Germans hail residents’ solidarity, offers of shelter, as deadly attack that killed 9 sent city reeling
By Simon Morgan
Ali Sonboly (Courtesy)
July 23, 2016, 4:41 pm
Munich teen who killed 9 was obsessed with mass shootings
German-Iranian Ali Sonboly used Facebook account to lure young victims to mall; seven of the dead were teenagers; no evidence of terror link
By PAUL WHEATLEY and Frank Jordans
A policeman stands guard at the Marienplatz square in Munich, southern Germany, on July 22, 2016, after a deadly attack at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping center in the Bavarian capital. (AFP PHOTO/dpa/Sven Hoppe )
July 23, 2016, 2:11 pm
Munich gunman was treated for depression; ‘no evidence’ of IS link
Authorities describe attack that killed 9 as ‘classic shooting rampage,’ investigators suspect Iranian-German Ali Sonboly, 18, was ‘deranged’; 3 Kosovans among dead
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Police officers carry seized material after searching an appartment in the Dachauer Strasse in Munich on July 23, 2016, a day after a gunman went on a shooting rampage in the shopping mall Olympia Einkaufzentrum OEZ, killing nine people. (AFP PHOTO/DPA/Tobias Hase)
July 23, 2016, 11:26 am
Police raid Munich apartment, search for motive in lethal attack
Gunman named as Iranian-German Ali Sonboly, 18; father taken for questioning, material confiscated from home; authorities say too early to define shooting that killed 9 as terrorism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People are evacuated from the area around the shopping mall Olympia Einkaufzentrum OEZ in Munich on July 22, 2016 after a German-Iranian gunman went on a shooting rampage in the busy shopping center, killing nine people. (AFP PHOTO/STRINGER)
July 23, 2016, 10:07 am
Iran condemns Munich mall attack by Iranian-German youth
Tehran denounces ‘killing of innocent people,’ expresses solidarity with Germans after rampage in which 9 died
By AFP and ToI Staff
Police sign blocks the entrance to Odeon square following shootings at a shopping mall earlier on July 22, 2016 in Munich. (AFP Photo/dpa/Sven Hoppe)
July 23, 2016, 3:52 am
German-Iranian kills 9 people, then himself, in Munich terror rampage
Police chief says 18-year-old had no criminal past, motive unclear; Merkel to convene security council following deadly attack; Western leaders rush to show support
By Simon Morgan and Deborah Cole
German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the German Bundestag June 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
July 23, 2016, 1:25 am
Merkel to convene German security council after Munich shootings
Police warn of ‘acute terror’ situation in locked-down city as they hunt for three gunmen believed to still be at large
By AFP and ToI Staff
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