Munich shooter: no terrorist ties, say authorities. Obsessed with mass shootings.

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MUNICH -- The 18-year-old gunman who opened fire at a crowded Munich shopping mall, killing nine people and wounding more than two dozen before killing himself, had no known ties to any terrorist group, German authorities said Saturday.

A search of the German-Iranian shooter's home turned up evidence of an obsession with mass shootings, the authorities said. He is believed to have acted alone.

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Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the gunman apparently had researched other mass-killings in Europe, including a 2009 school shooting in Winnenden in southwestern Germany, and bomb-and-gun attacks in Norway that killed 77. Friday was the five-year anniversary of the Norway attacks.

"There was material found in the apartment of the suspect that showed a particular interest in shooting sprees [but] there is so far no indication of any connection to international terrorism," de Maiziere said Saturday.