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To: FJB who wrote (949176)	7/23/2016 8:30:58 PM
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Teenager Who Killed 9 in Munich Was Troubled, but Had No Ties to Terrorist Groups By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and MELISSA EDDY JULY 23, 2016 nytimes.com MUNICH — The 18-year-old man who killed nine people and injured 27 others in a shooting rampage in Munich on Friday evening had material at home indicating an obsession with violent attacks, but he had no links to the Islamic State or any other organized groups, the German authorities said Saturday. Sketching out an initial profile of the killer, who was born in Germany and held dual German and Iranian citizenship, police and prosecutors said there was no evidence that his shooting rampage Friday evening at a McDonald’s and a nearby mall was driven by religion or the controversies surrounding immigration that have been flash points in German society and politics. They said a search of his home found newspaper articles on shootings in Germany and other violent attacks and the German edition of “Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters,” a study by an American academic psychologist. The gunman had been treated for depression, they said. The gunman was found dead hours after the attack, apparently having killed himself with a single shot to the head. He had a handgun and a backpack with 300 rounds of ammunition in it, police said. The authorities did not release his name, and said that he turned up in police records in 2010 and 2012 only as a victim, once having been bullied by three other young people and once having been robbed. The nine people who died were mostly young: three were 14 years old, two were 15, and the others were 17, 19, 20 and 45. Three of the nine were female. All lived in the Munich area. Of the 27 people injured, 10 were in critical condition, including a 13-year-old boy. Police said they were investigating whether the gunman had specifically targeted young people. continues at the link