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| Munich shooting: Gunman planned attack 'for year' | |
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| The teenage gunman who killed nine people in Munich on Friday had been planning his attack for a year, German authorities say. | The teenage gunman who killed nine people in Munich on Friday had been planning his attack for a year, German authorities say. |
| David Sonboly, 18, who had a Glock pistol and more than 300 bullets, killed himself after the attack. | David Sonboly, 18, who had a Glock pistol and more than 300 bullets, killed himself after the attack. |
| The Bavarian State Crime Office said he had bought the illegal pistol used in the attack on the internet. | The Bavarian State Crime Office said he had bought the illegal pistol used in the attack on the internet. |
| Vigils continue in the Bavarian capital to commemorate the victims, seven of whom were teenagers. | Vigils continue in the Bavarian capital to commemorate the victims, seven of whom were teenagers. |
| A further 35 people were injured. | |
| The crime office told a news conference that the victims of the attack had not been specifically targeted and were not classmates of the gunman. | |
| Robert Heimberger, head of Bavaria's criminal police, said Sonboly had paid a visit last year to the town of Winnenden - the scene of a previous school shooting in 2009 - and took photographs. | |
| Mr Heimberger added that the parents of the gunman remained in shock and were not able to be interviewed. | |
| He said it was likely the Glock pistol - which had been reactivated - was bought on the "dark net" market. | |
| He also said that Sonboly was a keen player of "first-person shooter" video games. | |
| The news conference also heard that Sonboly had spent two months as an inpatient at a mental care facility in 2015 and was afterwards treated as an outpatient. | |
| Thomas Steinkraus-Koch, spokesman for the Munich prosecutor's office, told the briefing there was no evidence of any political motivation. | |
| Senior German politicians have called for tighter controls on the sale of guns in the wake of the shooting at the Olympia shopping centre. | |
| Munich's police chief has urged the media to respect the privacy of those affected by the attack on Monday, when schools reopen. |