For hours during the spree and the following manhunt the city lay paralyzed as police ordered people to stay off the streets.
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned the Friday terrorist attack at a shopping center in Munich of Germany and urged an global response to terrorism, official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
Born and raised in the German city, the 18-year-old used an unlicensed 9mm pistol and had 300 rounds of ammunition.
The gunman, a Munich resident who had had no previous contact with police, was found dead near the mall.
The shooter demanded the onlooker stop filming, but instead the foul-mouthed man hurled more insults at the killer.
German president Joachim Gauck said he was “horrified by the murderous attack”.
The Munich prosecutor also said the suspect – whose name has been withheld for the time being – had suffered depression and reportedly undergone psychiatric treatment.
The woman shortly after reported that her account had been hacked.
His motives are still unclear. State premier Horst Seehofer said he was “deeply shocked” at the mass shootings, describing the killings as a “brutal and inhuman act” that filled everyone “with sadness and horror”.
Officers added that a search of his room had unearthed a document about “frenzied attacks” and a book called: “Rampage in Head: Why Students Kill”. Authorities are expected to give an update on the investigation later Saturday.
Andre said “no evidence” linking Sonboly to IS had been found following searches at his home.
“Our thoughts are with the victims of the attack, with their loved ones and also with the police who are defending freedom and security”.
He apparently lured victims to the McDonald’s where he opened fire after hacking into a girl’s Facebook page and promising people free food if they showed up.
Three 14-year-olds and two 15-year-olds are among those who were killed. Andrae said the 18-year-old German-Iranian was not previously known to police.
After the meeting, she pledged that Germany would “do everything possible to protect the security and freedom of all people”, saying that in the wake of an attack earlier in the week near Wuerzburg and the deadly attack in Nice, she understood Germans are wondering “where is safe?”
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The attack came just four days after a teenage Afghan asylum seeker stabbed and injured five people on a train in Bavaria before being shot dead by police.
