Munich shooting rattles German calm despite lack of Islamist threat

By Richard Ogier
Updated July 24 2016 - 8:08pm, first published 7:28pm
Ali David Sonboly, who has been identified as the gunman who killed 10 people in Munich. Photo: Supplied
Ali David Sonboly, who has been identified as the gunman who killed 10 people in Munich. Photo: Supplied
People mourn near the crime scene.  Photo: Johannes Simon
People mourn near the crime scene. Photo: Johannes Simon
People lay flowers and candles outside the OEZ shopping centre.  Photo: Johannes Simon
People lay flowers and candles outside the OEZ shopping centre. Photo: Johannes Simon

Munich: Amid a sense of rising panic, events seemed to happen with exceptional speed in Munich on Friday night. Rain in the air, I was returning home from the central city pool with my 7-year-old, when a blaze of police cars mounted tram-lines as we prepared to cross the street.

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