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other homes in Germany.

The man was in contact with the city’s health services, but authoritie­s didn’t give reasons why.

Authoritie­s have searched the four apartments and several cars the attacker owned looking for clues, Muenster police said.

Police searching the silver-gray van used in Saturday’s attack found illegal firecracke­rs disguised to look like a bomb, a fake pistol and the gun the driver used to shoot himself.

A search of the man’s Muenster apartment near the crash scene turned up more firecracke­rs and a “no-longer usable AK-47 machine gun,” authoritie­s said.

Police also found several bottles and canisters bioethanol.

The two victims killed Saturday were a 51-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man. Their names were not released, which is customary in Germany.

Some of the injured were hospitaliz­ed with life-threatenin­g conditions, and victims included Dutch citizens, authoritie­s said.

“This was a horrible and sad day for the people of Muenster, all of Germany,” said Armin Laschet, the governor of the German state where the attack happened.

“And also the people of the Netherland­s, who were sitting here and became victims.” containing gasoline and

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With Elizabeth Elizalde and News Wire Services

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