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PM offers sympathies to Germans on attacks

Malcolm Turnbull says Australia is in solidarity with the German people following a string of attacks on innocent civilians.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull says Australia is in solidarity with Germany following a string of attacks. (AAP)

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has offered his sympathies to the German people following the attacks in Munich and a train in Wuerzburg-Heidingsfeld.

Mr Turnbull spoke to the Germany embassy in Canberra, offering solidarity after the incidents, saying while the former was not terrorism-related the train incident was.

"The German people are in mourning and are deeply shocked as we all are by these attacks," he told reporters in Sydney on Monday.


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