Details are emerging of gunman David Ali Sonboly as a depressed 18-year-old who was obsessed with mass killings and had long struggled with his mental health.
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A Syrian refugee set off an explosion at a bar in southern Germany that killed himself and wounded 12 others late on Sunday, German media agency DPA reported citing the local interior minister.
The youth was under investigation for possibly having failed to report the plans of the gunman, who later shot himself, and may have played a role in a Facebook posting that invited people to the scene of the shooting, a police statement said.
Investigators analyzing the computer of the Munich gunman have discovered he was an avid player of first-person shooter video games, including “Counter-Strike”, officials told reporters at a press conference Sunday.
Thirty-five others were injured, 11 of them seriously, according to a new toll released by Munich police Sunday.
Investigators said the teen posted on a fake Facebook page promising meals at the McDonald’s for anyone that showed up at 4 p.m.
He said it was likely the Glock pistol – which had been reactivated – was bought on the “dark net” market.
Three Turkish citizens, three Kosovans and one Greek citizen were among the dead in Munich.
Thomas Steinkraus-Koch, senior public prosecutor in Munich, told a news conference on Monday the Afghan had been in contact with the gunman via WhatApp until shortly before the attack.
German authorities say a man suspected of fatally shooting nine people in Munich on July 22 underwent two months of inpatient psychiatric treatment previous year due to social anxiety and depression. He said medication had been found at his home but that investigators needed to talk with his family to determine whether he had been taking it. “There, it also became apparent to the [Afghan] suspect that the attacker was interested in [Norwegian mass murderer] Breivik”, Steinkraus-Koch said.
Police said on Saturday that the attacker was a mentally troubled individual who extensively researched rampage killings, and had no apparent links to terror groups and no political motive.
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The attack took place on the fifth anniversary of the killing of 77 people by Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, whose victims included dozens of young people.
