President Ilham Aliyev offers condolences to Chancellor Angela Merkel

  23 July 2016    Read: 1169
President Ilham Aliyev offers condolences to Chancellor Angela Merkel
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev extended condolences to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over shooting in Munich July 23.
“We were deeply saddened by the news of a heavy loss of life and injuries as a result of shooting at a shopping mall in Munich,” President Aliyev said in his letter of condolences.

“Sharing your grief in these hard times, on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own behalf, I extend my deep condolences to you, the bereaved families, the loved ones of those who died and the whole people of Germany, and wish the injured the swiftest possible recovery,” said Azerbaijan’s president.

The attack in Munich killed at least 10 people, including the possible gunman, and injured more than a dozen others.

Police Chief Hubertus Andrae told reporters the suspected gunman, 18-years old German national of Iranian descent, was found dead in an area close to the Olympia shopping center. The suspect`s photo has already been released.

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