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Munich gunman 'planned shooting attack for up to a year'

A gunman who killed nine people during a shooting in Munich, Germany, had planned the attack for a year, the Bavaria state crime office has said.

  • David Sonboly, 18, had spent two months as a psychiatric inpatient in 2015 and then received ongoing outpatient care
  • German authorities said he purchased a Glock 17 handgun used in the attack on the so-called "dark web"
  • Police have said there are "no indications" the attack was terror-related and the teenager was "obsessed" with mass shootings
  • Seven of the nine killed were teenagers, 27 others were injured - 10 of whom are in a critical condition, including a 13-year-old boy
  • Suspect was not known to police and had no criminal record, Munich's police chief said
  • His parents have been unable to be interviewed as they are currently in a state of shock, officials said.
  • Munich is in a state of emergency as a result of the attack
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Munich gunman visited site of school massacre

Video report by ITV News Security Editor Rohit Kachroo.

The teenage gunman who killed nine and wounded 27 others in a rampage in Munich had visited the site of a school mass shooting, it has emerged.

David Sonboly, 18, went to see the south German campus where a former student killed fifteen people in 2009.

It has added to the picture of a quiet and disturbed teenager who apparently plotted his attack for months in advance.

However police have stressed there is no evidence that the attack was terrorist.

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