The operation came early on Saturday morning, hours after the shooting rampage in the city's Olympia shopping mall.
Police raid Munich apartment
Heavily-armed police have swooped on an apartment in Munich.
The raid came early on Saturday morning, hours after the shooting rampage in the city’s Olympia shopping mall.
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itvnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/756708726300610561">July 23, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </p> <p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">⚠️ L'auteur de la fusillade de <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Munich?src=hash">#Munich</a> est un Germano-Iranien de 18 ans. <a href="https://t.co/rn6exQlLDN">https://t.co/rn6exQlLDN</a> <a href="https://t.co/YmOyrp68R0">pic.twitter.com/YmOyrp68R0</a></p>— Le Figaro (Le_Figaro) July 23, 2016
Police sealed off the Maxvorstadt neighbourhood of the Bavarian capital as they searched the building.
Special police officers wearing night vision goggles were visible at the scene.
The road outside was blocked with emergency vehicles.
Investigators have said there is no sign of other attackers being involved in the shooting.