Explosive experts from the Munich police today were examining a backpack found on a dead man suspected of being one of the assailants in a shooting rampage, German DPA news agency reported.
The body of the man was found about one kilometre away from the mall where the shootings took place, DPA said, as police said they were hunting up to three gunmen still at large.
Police said that the death toll from the massacre had reached eight victims, with 10 people injured.