Authorities believe the teen staged the attack alone, and US intelligence officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said initial reports do not show a link between the gunman and Islamic State or other militant groups.
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In the killer’s room, police found a German translation of a book entitled Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters, by the United States academic Peter Langman.
“We believe we are dealing with a shooting rampage”, the spokeswoman said.
Andrae added that the search of the room of the 18-year-old revealed that he had dealt intensively with killing spree.
It’s unclear who or how many people carried out the attacks, but police say witnesses are reporting at least three people with weapons. Of the victims, most were teenagers, police said. The post, sent from a young woman’s account, urged people to come to McDonald’s at 4 p.m., saying: “I will give you something if you want, but not too expensive”.
Soraya told our Newscast unit that police said the suspect killed himself.
Earlier witnesses had reported seeing three shooters with “long guns”, with police blaming this report on confusion and fear.
Munich prosecutor Thomas Steinkraus-Koch said the 18-year-old German-Iranian student – named as David Ali Sonboly – had suffered depression, while media reports said he had undergone psychiatric treatment.
Friday is also the fifth anniversary of the massacre by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway in which he killed 77 people.
Police in Germany said they believed it “looks like a terror attack”, according to CNN.
A neighbor described the suspect as “very quiet”.
“He only ever said “hi”.
Munich gunman argues with bystanders.
Addressing the bereaved families of the victims, she said, “We share your pain”.
“I dropped my bag, I dropped everything, jumped over the fence and ran”, the boy said, standing in front of the cordoned-off restaurant on Saturday. “I tried talking to him while the shooter continued his rampage, and I thought, ‘I’m next'”. Then I saw two people lying there.
Seven were teenagers, one was a 20-year-old man, and one a 45-year-old woman.
Franco Augustini, another local resident, said his daughter hid in the shopping center during the attack.
The attack at the Olympia shopping mall left 27 people injured, including children.
“The impact of yesterday’s tragic attack at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich sadly includes a Greek citizen among the innocent victims”, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the victim was male.
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“These are hard hours for Munich”, he said, adding that the city’s citizens had shown great solidarity toward each other.
