France, Germany vow to work together on security
By: The Associated Press
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UPDATE:
BERLIN (AP) _ The latest developments on a deadly attack Friday in Munich (all times local):
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office says French President Francois Hollande has called the German leader to talk about joint security operations in the wake of the deadly rampage at a Munich mall.
Merkel’s spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer says the call Saturday reinforced that “in these difficult times, it is good to know that France and Germany, the French and the Germans, stand closely together.”
She says Merkel and Hollande agreed to “further intensify” the already good work together on security issues.
Nine victims and the shooter died in the attack Friday in Munich, while France on July 14 was hit by a truck attack on a holiday crowd that killed 84 people in Nice.
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has declared Sunday a day of mourning for three young ethnic Albanians who were killed in the Munich shooting. Thaci, who called it a terrorist attack, says he considered the two young girls and a man as “heroes in the war for the joint freedom and values in Europe.”
He adds: “That act of violence has touched our hearts and Europe’s consciousness.”
July 22, 2016_
10:45 p.m.
Munich police spokesman Marcus Martins says a ninth body has been found at the scene of a shooting attack in Munich and police are “intensively examining” it to see if it may be one of the attackers.
Martin says “according to my knowledge, we’re looking for three suspects” in the attack late Friday afternoon outside a McDonald’s in Munich that police say has left eight other people dead and several wounded.
Martin would not comment on the nature of the injuries to the ninth body but said it was not one of the eight victims.
It was the second attack this week in Germany. Members of Germany’s elite anti-terrorism force are on their way to the scene of the Munich shooting.
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BERLIN (AP) _ The latest developments on a deadly attack Friday at a mall in Munich:
A spokesman for Munich police says the number of people killed in a shooting attack has increased to eight.
Spokesman Peter Beck told The Associated Press he can confirm eight dead and several wounded in the attack Friday near a McDonald’s restaurant in a northern section of the Bavarian capital
He says “we can’t give a precise number for those wounded. They have been taken to Munich hospitals. The hunt for suspects is still ongoing.”
Beck was unable to say whether one or more suspects were among the dead. Police say they are hunting up to three suspects with rifles.
It was the second attack this week in Germany. Members of Germany’s elite anti-terrorism force are on their way to the scene of the shooting, and the country’s interior minister has cut short his holiday to return to Berlin for a security meeting.
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