Three Turks among Munich shooting dead

Greece said one of its citizens had also been killed, and 3 Kosovans were confirmed dead in the attack


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Police secures the area inside a shopping center in Munich on July 22, 2016 following a shooting. PHOTO: AFP

ANKARA: Three Turkish citizens were among the nine people killed in Germany's Munich mall shooting, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Saturday.

The three Turks killed by an 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman were named as Sevda Dag, Can Leyla and Selcuk Kilic by the minister on NTV television.

"Three of our citizens were killed in the Munich shooting," he said, adding that he had telephoned the families of the victims.

Munich mall shooting: what we know

Greece said one of its citizens had also been killed, and three Kosovans were confirmed dead in the attack by their country's foreign ministry.

Sixteen others were injured, of whom three are in critical condition, Munich police said.

Most of the casualties were young people aged 15 to 21, Bavarian public television said.

The gunman was killed after the attack.

He began shooting at a McDonald's fast-food restaurant at the Olympia shopping mall near Munich's Olympic stadium shortly before 1600 GMT on Friday.

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