Also Read:Munich shooting is a terrorist attack: Francois HollandeMunich shooting: Death toll rises to 9; sole shooter might have shot himself dead Police, citing witnesses, had initially said they were looking for up to three suspects and were treating the incident as a suspected terrorist attack. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but supporters of Islamic State celebrated on social media. The pistol-wielding attacker, identified by Munich Police Chief Hubertus Andrae as a dual national from Munich, was later found dead of a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. Andrae said it was premature to say whether the Friday incident was a terrorist attack, as French President Francois Hollande said, or the work of a deranged person.

Source: India Today July 23, 2016 03:08 UTC