Shooting in Munich – level 1

01-08-2016 07:00

In Munich, a man does a very bad thing. He brings a gun to a shopping centre. He kills 9 people. He injures 27 people. He kills himself after the attack.

People talk about the attack. The man is not connected to the Islamic State. He does not have a license for his gun. He has no criminal record. Police are investigating why he does this attack.

4,000 people call police because of this attack.

Difficult words: injure (do something bad to a body of another person), licence (an official document which says that you can have something), record (information about something), investigate (look for answers).

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