Munich shooter urged victims on Facebook to visit mall: Police

The 18-year-old teenager who open fired near Olympia Shopping mall in Munich had sent Facebook invites to several people, urging them to come for a food giveaway, according to the Daily Telegraph.

The German-Iranian teenager, who shot nine people and later shot himself on Friday, wrote on his fake Facebook account, "I can buy you something that's not too expensive."

NO LINK WITH ISIS

Police today confirmed that the accused is suspected to be a lone gunman who had no ties to Islamic state.

President of the Bavarian state crime office Robert Heimberger said that the lone gunman was carrying 300 bullets in his backpack.

"Based on the searches, there are no indications whatsoever that there is a connection to Islamic State" or to the issue of refugees, he told a news conference.

The police also said that the gunman was not a refugee and had no additional assistance from any outside terror group for the attack, Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae told a news conference today.

ACCUSED RECEIVED PSYCHIATRIC ATTENTION

The gunman had been receiving psychiatric and medical care to help him cope with depression, but there is no information on his psychiatric status, police said, adding that it will take some time to find out if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

No suicide note was found during at the 18-year-old's home.

THREE TURKS AMONG PEOPLE KILLED IN MUNICH ATTACK: TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER

Three Turkish citizens were among nine people killed in a shooting attack in Munich on Friday, Turkey's foreign minister said on Saturday.

In an interview with local television station NTV, Mevlut Cavusoglu identified the Turkish victims of the attack carried out by an 18-year-old near a busy shopping mall as two teenagers and a woman.

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