‘Deranged’ Munich mass murderer was obsessed with school shootings and violent computer games – and was being treated for mental disorder
THE teen gunman who slaughtered nine people in a Munich shopping mall was bullied at school for years, obsessed with mass killings and violent computer games, and owned a book on shootings called "Rampage in Head: Why Students Kill".
The "Anders Breivik-obsessed" loner son of a tax driver has been named as Ali David Sonboly - a depressed 18-year-old receiving psychiatric care - who fired at helpless children in a McDonald's, marauded through a shopping mall in a killing spree, before turning the gun on himself and ending his life.
The gunman's victims were 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 45, and 18, with the rest of the ages yet to be released.
Reports suggest three of them were women and six were men.
Sonboly, who had far-right terrorist Anders Breivik as his WhatsApp profile image, was armed with a 9mm Glock handgun and was carrying 300 rounds.
Twenty-one people were injured in the killings, 16 of whom were still being treated in hospital.
Three are in a critical condition.
After searching his house police have said there is no evidence the "deranged" killer had links to ISIS, but was obsessed with similar attacks - including the 2009 Winnenden shootings that left 15 people dead in south-west Germany.
Cops also said he was interested in violent computer games.
It is feared the massacre was a revenge attack for teens who had tormented him at school, after he appeared to shout at someone on a balcony "because of you I was bullied for 7 years".
Only one of Sonboly's victims was shot in the head - and police have said the killer was likely to have been left-handed.
Officers have also said it is likely he had "some kind of mental disorder" and had no criminal record.
Munich prosecutors say the shooter had been in psychiatric care and treated for depression.
They have 2300 officers investigating the killings.
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German investigators say they have established an "obvious link" between yesterday's shooting and far-right Norwegian killer Anders Breivik.
Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae described the gunman as obsessed with mass killings- added that he researched the theme of rampages and may have researched Breivik's lethal killing spree.
Friday's carnage came on the fifth anniversary of right-wing fanatic Breivik's massacre in Norway that killed 77 people, many of them youngsters.
In a press conference this afternoon a German police chief said: “A shooter without any political motivation.
“There is one shooting injury to his head area. It is assumed he committed suicide.
“There are indications he was under psychological treatment.
“So far we have no data about him being a criminal. In 2010, he was recorded for involvement with youngsters and regarding a burglary.”
Officers revealed in a press conference last night that the killer had been living Munich for more than two years.
According to one eyewitness the shooter shouted "I'm German, f*** foreigners" during his rampage.
A neighbour of the gunman told the German newspaper Bild: "He lived right beside me. I saw him now and then but didn't really know him.
A friend of mine was a classmate of his and told me he was the quiet type. He recognised him in the videos.";
The mass murderer targeted kids in a McDonald's after he ran out of the restaurant's toilets.
One mother has told how her son saw the killer load his handgun before he unleashed the attack.
Munich police investigator Robert Heimberger said it appears that the shooter hacked a Facebook account and sent a message urging people to come to the mall for a free giveaway.
The posting, sent from a young woman's account, urged people to come to the mall at 4 p.m., saying: "I'll give you something if you want, but not too expensive."
Heimberger says: "It appears it was prepared by the suspect and then sent out."
Some reports suggest the Facebook post claimed that free food would be given away at McDonald's.
A woman, who wished to only be known as Lauretta, told CNN she was in the McDonald's restaurant at the time of the attack and saw many casualties that were children.
Lauretta said: "I hear like an alarm and boom, boom, boom ... and he's still killing the children. The children were sitting to eat. they can't run."
A German paper described a mother as banging her head on the ground whilst screaming: "No, my son is not dead" as emergency workers tried to comfort her.
One woman told how she saw a female chef shot in front of her.
Munich police investigator Robert Heimberger said it appears that the shooter hacked a Facebook account and sent a message urging people to come to the mall for a free giveaway.
The posting, sent from a young woman's account, urged people to come to the mall at 4 p.m., saying: "I'll give you something if you want, but not too expensive."
Heimberger said: "It appears it was prepared by the suspect and then sent out."
He eventually walked up to a car park on the roof where onlookers below filmed him pacing around.
People could be heard calling him a "w****" before there was an exchange between the gunman and members of the public.
Bystanders accused of him being "mad" and a "Turk" before using a derogatory term for "foreigner".
The gunman replied "I am German" and claimed to have been born in a tough working class area and had to live on benefits.
Up to 100 people witnessed the mall attacks, according to police.