Munich gunman didn't specifically select victims: Prosecutors

Police stand guard outside the Olympia shopping mall, a shooting rampage happened, in Munich, Germany on July 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

MUNICH (AFP) - The 18-year-old gunman who killed nine people in a shooting spree on Friday (July 22) did not specifically choose his victims, chief prosecutor Thomas Steinkraus-Koch said on Sunday.

"It is not the case that he deliberately selected" the people he shot, Steinkraus-Koch told a news briefing.

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