Local media have named the attacker as 18-year-old Ali David Sonboly, who has both German and Iranian citizenship.
He appeared to have shot himself around 1 km from the scene of the attack at the Olympia shopping centre (OEZ).
Peter Beck, a Munich police spokesman, said officers were still collecting evidence at the scene of the crime Saturday morning.
“With regard to the suspect we have to examine everything, but we don`t know yet what triggered the crime,” Beck told The Associated Press.
He declined to confirm reports by German daily Bild that officers had raided a home in the city`s Marxvorstadt district about 2 km (1.2 miles) from the mall and were interviewing the suspect`s father, citing "ongoing police operations."
Beck said the number of people receiving hospital treatment stood at 16, three of whom were seriously wounded.
German police identify Munich shooting perpetrator
23 July 2016
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Police have identified the gunman who killed nine people in a shooting at a shopping centre in Germany’s Munich as David S., AzVision.az reports citing The Independent.
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