The killer used a Glock 17 semi-automatic handgun and had some 300 rounds of ammunition in his back pack

Sonboly is believed to have established a fake Facebook profile using a girl's name to lure children to the massacre


Munich killer Ali David Sonboly was 'obsessed' with shooting rampages and plotted his atrocity in great detail, police have confirmed.

The 18-year-old German-Iranian student opened fire on young people he had lured to a McDonald's restaurant near the Olympic stadium in Munich after hacking a young woman's Facebook account.

Sonobly had sourced an illegal Glock 17 semi-automatic handgun and had amassed more than 300 rounds of ammunition which he carried in his backpack.

Munich killer Ali Sonboly is believed to established this Facebook profile to lure children to McDonald's so he could kill them

Ali Sonboly, pictured, had 300 rounds of ammunition for his Glock 17 semi-automatic handgun in his backpack when he shot himself

The Glock 17 is a favourite weapon of police forces world wide and has a standard 17-round magazine.

In the months before his murder spree, Sonobly spent time researching mass killings. Investigators claimed he was 'obsessed'.

He spent time researching killers who went mass shooting sprees. His Whatsapp profile picture was of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik

Sonobly hacked the Facebook account of a young woman, Selina Akim, and posted a message offering free food at the McDonald's restaurant near the Olympic stadium at 4pm.

Facebook said in response: 'Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the horrific attack in Munich on Friday. We are working closely with German law enforcement to assist their investigations.'

A Muslim woman, named only as Lauretta, who was in McDonald's at the the time of the attack told CNN: '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.'

She said she heard Sonboly shout 'Allahu Akbar', Arabic for 'God is great'.

She added: 'I know this because I'm Muslim. I hear this and I only cry.'

Emergency services received more than 1,000 emergency calls, but shortly after opening fire inside the restaurant, Sonobly walked out of McDonald's and was challenged by a man on a nearby roof top.

It soon emerged that Sonobly had no links to ISIS or any jihadi organisation.

Instead, he had amassed a collection of documents and books on mas shootings.

One book in his collection was titled: 'Rampage in Head: Why Students Kill'.

Munich's police chief Hubertus Andrea said his officers had searched Sonobly's home and found disturbing evidence: 'Documents were found about mass shootings, The perpetrator was obviously obsessed with the issue.'

Specialist search teams have seized computers and mobile phones from his flat.

A video showed Ali Sonboly, pictured dressed in black, approach the McDonald's restaurant with a gun in his hand and open fire

Officers were also trying to establish the state of Sonobly's mental health. It is understood he was receiving some psychological treatment.

Police recovered Sonobly's body about two-and-a-half hours after the attack. The left-handed killer shot himself in the head.

He still had approximately 300 rounds of ammunition in his back pack..

David Akhavan, a 37-year-old who from Tehran, Iran, who works at the Shandiz Persian restaurant, described his anguish as he learned of the shooting.

'I started to get texts from friends asking if I was safe, Then, my thoughts were: please, don't be a Muslim. Please don't be Middle Eastern. Please don't be Afghan. I don't accept any of this violence.'

Witnesses had reported seeing three men with firearms near the Olympia Einkaufszentrum mall, but Andrae said two other people who fled the area were investigated but had 'nothing to do with the incident'.

Ferdinand Bozorgzad witnessed the shootings. He said: 'I was standing on the balcony smoking a cigarette. Suddenly I heard shots. First I thought someone had thrown some firecrackers. I looked down at the McDonald*s and saw someone shooting into the crowd. Then I saw two people lying there.'

Franco Augustini, another local resident, said his daughter hid in the shopping centre during the attack.

'Next to our flat was a woman who was full of blood. My wife had a bottle of water. Then we helped to wash her. It was horrible and made me speechless.'

Sonboly, pictured, murdered nine people before he shot himself in the head about half a mile from the massacre site

Munich police investigator Robert Heimberger says 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 4pm. He wrote: '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.'

The woman shortly after reported that her account had been hacked.

Prosecutor Steinkraus Koch tells a news conference the suspect had a book titled: 'Rampage in Head: Why Students Kill'.

Police Chief Andre says that the suspect appeared to be 'obsessed with shooting rampages'.

Facebook has been asked for a comment in relation to the possible use of their network to yesterday's massacre.

Police said they did not find any evidence linking the killer to ISIS, describing his as 'deranged' and obsessed with 'amok killings' and 'shooting sprees'.

It was confirmed Sonboly had illegally filed off the serial number of the weapon to prevent police from identifying where he obtained it from.

The Glock 17 has a standard 17-round magazine holding 9mm bullets. The gun is used by police forces in more than 30 countries.

A Muslim woman, named only as Lauretta, who was in McDonald's at the the time of the attack told CNN: '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.'

She said she heard Sonboly shout 'Allahu Akbar', Arabic for 'God is great'.

She added: 'I know this because I'm Muslim. I hear this and I only cry.'

Police raided the flat which Sonboly shared with his parents in Dachauer Street which is a short distance from the scene of the massacre

Relatives of victims made their way to the scene of yesterday's massacre carrying flowers and photographs of those who were slain

One of Sonboly's neigbhours on Dachauer Street, named only as Stephan, who owns a coffee shop said: 'He only ever said "hi". His whole body language was of somebody who was very shy.'

Stephan added: 'He never came into the cafe - he was just a neighbour and took out the trash but never talked.'

Eyewitnesses have described the 'pandemonium' of the Munich attack with people 'screaming, shouting and running everywhere'.

Jerome Burns, a holidaymaker from Northern Ireland, was at the city's central train station with his wife at the time of the shooting.

He told the BBC: 'Suddenly we just became aware of an absolute pandemonium on the main station concourse - people just running absolutely everywhere.

'There was panic in their faces - we did not know what to do but immediately one of the security guards came into the office we were in, he closed the door.

'We were all ushered into the back of the office initially and then through a back door and down some back stairs into the basement of the station right down into the actual bowels of the station.

'We obviously were aware that something appeared to be going on because we knew about the attack in the shopping centre.

'There were very few people there that spoke English - there was one gentleman there that was keeping us aware of the situation.

'At that time it was thought there were three attackers and that one of them was in the underground system and was on his way to the station we were in.

'And it seems that is what gave rise to the initial panic.'

Barman Sam Pound, who works in Kilians Irish Bar in Munich, spoke to the BBC shortly after the news of the attack broke.

Sonboly shot himself in the head after murdering nine people and injuring 16 others after luring children to a McDonald's restaurant

Anti-terrorist police raided the home of the suspected terrorist in the early hours of this morning - just two miles from the massacre site

The apartment is about 2.5 miles from the scene of the massacre in the Maxvorstadt region of north Munich

Police are trying to determine whether Sonboly knew or had any prior links with is victims or whether the spree was completely random

He was in the middle of an interview describing the atmosphere in the city when his colleague began shouting at punters and staff to move to safety.

'Something is going on right now,' Mr Pound said, who later confirmed to the channel that they were all safe.

Dominik Faust, who lives in Munich, said he was in the centre of the city in another shopping centre at the time of the attack.

He told the BBC: 'They were not sure if there was another assassin in downtown Munich and all of a sudden there were people screaming and shouting and running.'

Taking shelter in a store, he said security staff closed the doors and asked them to go up to the fifth floor to the offices of the employees.

'They asked us to stay calm and gave us something to drink,' he said.

Mr Faust said police told the security staff they should keep all 150 people inside until they give the all clear sign as to when they could leave.

'We stayed there for about four hours until about 10pm and there was still no all clear sign,' he added.

Mr Faust said everyone kept informed as to what was happening through their phones and television, and from updates issued by the police, who he said were 'brilliant'.

'We were informed not to go to public places and the traffic was shut down - so we had just two choices, either to stay or go by foot or if someone had a car - to leave the city by car,' he added.

The shopping centre is next to the Munich Olympic Stadium, where the Palestinian militant group Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage and eventually killed them during the 1972 Olympic Games

Police chief Hubertus Andrea said: 'The perpetrator was an 18-year-old German-Iranian from Munich. The motive or explanation for this crime is completely unclear.

Andrea said the killer, who has since been named as Ali Somboly, did not have a criminal record.

One witness said: 'We entered McDonald's to eat... then there was panic, and people ran out.'

During the rampage, Sonboly shouted: 'I'm German, I was born here,' the assailant replies after the man fired off a volley of swear words, including an offensive term for foreigners.

THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN KILLER ALI SONBOLY AND A MAN ON A BALCONY WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA In another video on social media a man can be heard yelling at suspect in the car park that he is a 'w*****' and an 'a******e.' And he yelled: 'Put your gun down.' Balcony man: 'You fucking a*****e you...' Gunman: 'Because of you I was bullied for 7 years...' Balcony man: 'You w****r you. you're a w****r' Gunman: '...and now I have to buy a gun to shoot you' Balcony man: 'A gun! F**k off! Your head should be cut off you a*****e' The gunman and balcony man begin shouting at each other. Balcony man apparently to people filming: 'He's got a gun here the guy has one' Unseen voice: 'F*****g Turks!' Balcony man: 'F*****g foreigner' Balcony man to someone else: 'Ey! He's got a gun! He has loaded his gun. Get the cops here. He's walking around here the w****r!' Gunman: 'I am German.' Balcony man: 'You're a w****r is what you are' Gunman: 'Stop filming!' Balcony man: 'A w****r is what you are. What the f**k are you doing?' Shooter: 'Yeah what, I was born here.' Balcony man: 'Yeah and what the f**k you think you're doing?' Gunman: 'I grew up here in the Hartz 4 (unemployment benefits in Germany) area.' Balcony man and Shooter talk at same time. Balcony man: 'Yeah treatment is something for you' Gunman: 'I haven't done anything here for (unintelligible) ... 'Please shut your mouth' Balcony man: 'You c**t you' Balcony man to people nearby: 'Hey, he's on the upper floor here.' The cameraman goes into cover as the gunman starts firing. Balcony man calls him a c***t again. Balcony man: 'They must have been s******g into your head' Gunman: 'They have not. They have not, that's the thing. They have not.' Advertisement