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| Munich shooting: Ali David Sonboly identified as gunman behind shopping centre attack | |
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| The gunman who killed nine people in a shooting spree at a shopping centre in Munich has been identified by police as David S. | The gunman who killed nine people in a shooting spree at a shopping centre in Munich has been identified by police as David S. |
| Police say they believe the gunman is an 18-year-old German-Iranian who was not known to them and had no criminal record. | Police say they believe the gunman is an 18-year-old German-Iranian who was not known to them and had no criminal record. |
| Local media have named the shooter as Ali David Sonboly. | Local media have named the shooter as Ali David Sonboly. |
| Investigators suspect the youth, a student who was born and raised in Munich, acted alone before killing himself around 1km from the scene of the attack at the Olympia shopping centre (OEZ). | |
| Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae told a news conference there are no indications the gunman had links with Isis, identifying the attack as a "classic shooting rampage" and not terrorism. | Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae told a news conference there are no indications the gunman had links with Isis, identifying the attack as a "classic shooting rampage" and not terrorism. |
| Mr Andrae said the crime and perpetrator had "absolutely no" link to the issue of refugees. | |
| He said the shooter had been in psychiatric care where he was treated for depression. | |
| Prosecutor Steinkraus Koch told the news conference the suspect had a book titled: "Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters." | Prosecutor Steinkraus Koch told the news conference the suspect had a book titled: "Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters." |
| Police said the victims killed in the massacre included teenagers, with children among the 16 people injured. | Police said the victims killed in the massacre included teenagers, with children among the 16 people injured. |
| Video uploaded to social media purportedly shows the attacker shouting "I am German" and "I was born here" after an onlooker shouts xenophobic remarks to him during the attack. | Video uploaded to social media purportedly shows the attacker shouting "I am German" and "I was born here" after an onlooker shouts xenophobic remarks to him during the attack. |
| Peter Beck, a Munich police spokesman, said officers were still collecting evidence at the scene of the crime Saturday morning. | Peter Beck, a Munich police spokesman, said officers were still collecting evidence at the scene of the crime Saturday morning. |
| "With regard to the suspect we have to examine everything, but we don't know yet what triggered the crime," Beck told The Associated Press. | "With regard to the suspect we have to examine everything, but we don't know yet what triggered the crime," Beck told The Associated Press. |
| He declined to confirm reports by German daily Bild that officers had raided a home in the city's Marxvorstadt district about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the mall and were interviewing the suspect's father, citing "ongoing police operations." | He declined to confirm reports by German daily Bild that officers had raided a home in the city's Marxvorstadt district about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the mall and were interviewing the suspect's father, citing "ongoing police operations." |
| Mr Beck said the number of people receiving hospital treatment stood at 16, three of whom were seriously wounded. | Mr Beck said the number of people receiving hospital treatment stood at 16, three of whom were seriously wounded. |
| A neighbour on Dachauer Strasse that was searched by police on Saturday morning described the alleged gunman as "very quiet". | A neighbour on Dachauer Strasse that was searched by police on Saturday morning described the alleged gunman as "very quiet". |
| Wishing to only give his first name, Stephan, an owner of a coffee shop, told the Press Association: "He only ever said 'hi'. His whole body language was of somebody who was very shy." | |
| He added: "He never came into the cafe - he was just a neighbour and took out the trash but never talked." | He added: "He never came into the cafe - he was just a neighbour and took out the trash but never talked." |