The Munich massacre wasn't politically motivated and has no link to ISIS, police say

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Police and fire services clean the area the shooting occured outside the OEZ shopping center, the day after a shooting spree left nine victims dead on July 23, 2016 in Munich, Germany. According to police an 18-year-old German man of Iranian descent shot nine people dead and wounded at least 16 before he shot himself in a nearby park. For hours during the spree and the following manhunt the city lay paralyzed as police ordered people to stay off the streets.

A massacre in Munich that left ten dead does not appear to have been politically motivated, German prosecutors have said.

On Friday afternoon, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in a shopping mall, killing 9 and injuring dozens. The suspect, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was of dual German-Iranian nationality, and there were fears the attack was motivated by a radical Islamist ideology of the kind held by the attacker in the recent deadly terror attack in Nice, France.

But prosectors say the attack does not appear to be explicitly political in motivation. He was born in Munich, and has no known links to Islamic State or other radical groups. He was not previously known to the police.

He had researched previous killing spress, prosecutors said.

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The suspect apparently suffered from depression, and was receiving psychiatric treatment.

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