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By Ulrike Dauer in Frankfurt and Ellen Emmerentze Jervell in Munich 

Victims of Friday's deadly shooting in Munich were residents of the city and the region, but most -- possibly all -- were from immigrant families.

Of the dead, three were Turkish, three were Kosovar and one was Greek. Hungary's foreign minister said a Hungarian-German born in 2001 had been killed in the attack, as well.

Police said nine people, aged between 14 and 45, died in the attack, including seven teens.

Dijamant Zabergja, a 21-year-old whose family came from Kosovo, was with a friend near the McDonald's restaurant where the shooting began, his father said in a television interview.

"The friend called me. He said they were buying a drink and wanted to sit outside," the father told the Daily Mail in a video interview. "The attacker was two meters away. He opened fire, the friend fled...and my son...was shot and killed. I'm still dreaming. I don't believe it yet."

The younger Mr. Zabergja had many friends, both in Kosovo and in Germany, and was well liked, said Syl Mehmeti Walter, 48, whose mother is a cousin of Dijamant's mother. Mr. Zabergja also was "well integrated in Germany," Mr. Mehmeti Walter added. "My mother, who knew him well, always said 'what a cheerful boy.'"

The entire family was mourning Mr. Zabergja's death, he said. "I don't know what I shall tell my own children now; I can only say 'be careful.'" His children are 16 and 18 years old.

Another of those slain, Armela Segashi, was 14 years old and also a Kosovar, according to the Facebook page of her brother, Arbnor. She was at the Olympia shopping center with a friend, Sabina Sulaj, who also was killed in the attack.

A 14-year-old boy who gave only his first name, Guiseppe, said he was eating with friends at the McDonald's, which is near the shopping center, when a man suddenly began shooting. "I dropped my bag, I dropped everything, jumped over the fence and ran," the boy said, standing in front of the cordoned-off restaurant on Saturday.

Two of his friends were killed and another was injured in the attack, he said. "I saw them an hour earlier, down there," he said, pointing at the shopping mall. "They were all laughing and all, and then...all three hit."

Guiseppe said that once he realized he had run far enough, he turned around to look. Behind him, he said, people were running in panic. "That just made me even more scared," he said. "I thought he (the shooter) was behind them, so then I ran even faster."

The gunman, who eventually apparently killed himself, was identified by an official as Ali David Sonboly, an 18-year-old German-Iranian dual national.

Write to Ulrike Dauer at ulrike.dauer@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 23, 2016 16:14 ET (20:14 GMT)

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