Munich murderer ‘was obsessed by Anders Breivik and had him as WhatsApp profile pic’
DERANGED Munich killer Ali David Sonboly was reportedly obsessed with Norway terrorist Anders Breivik - and had a picture of the mass-killer as his Whatsapp profile image.
Sonboly was allegedly obsessed with mass-murders, particularly the atrocity carried out by the far-right monster in 2011 - which saw 77 killed, mostly children.
Last night's mass-murder, in which nine people died - eight of whom were under the age of 21, came on the anniversary of Breivik's slaughter at a summer camp.
German investigators today said there in an "obvious link" between the two crimes.
Sonboly reportedly researched the theme of rampages and may have looked into Breivik’s lethal killing spree.
A friend told BILD newspaper Sonboly had a picture of Breivik as his Whatsapp profile image, and said he was a “fan of mass murders”.
The German prosecutor also revealed he had a book on shootings entitled “Rampage in Head: Why Students Kill” in his bedroom.
Sonboly, who was having psychological treatment for mental illness, was filmed screaming: "I am German" and "I was born here" before opening fire.
He is also said to have ranted about f***ing foreigners" and "f***ing Turks" before launching his gun assault.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said her country is in "deep and profound mourning" following last night's horror.
The 18-year-old attacker went on a shooting spree at a shopping centre and a McDonald's restaurant in the Bavarian capital on Friday.
He is thought to have lured teenage victims to the scene by hacking a girl's Facebook account and offering free meals at the McDonald's he began shooting at.
Born and raised in Munich, but with dual Iranian nationality, the attacker gunned down nine people and injured a further 27.
Ten people remain in a critical condition - including a 13-year-old boy.
Sonboly shot dead kids as young as 13 before turning the gun on himself yesterday evening.
Merkel described the event as "difficult to bear for everyone" and pledged to "find out the background" of what happened.
She added: "What lies behind the people of Munich is a night of horror - we are still shocked by the pictures and reports of the witnesses.
"Nine people who were going shopping on the Friday evening, or wanted to eat something, they are now dead - it seems according to the investigations, hit and killed by the bullets of one single perpetrator."
After thanking security services for their effort, she added: "We are in deep and profound mourning for those who will never return to their families. The families, siblings, friends to whom everything will be void and empty today.
"I would like to tell them, in the name of many, many people in Germany, we share in your grief, we think of you and we are suffering with you.
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"Our thoughts also go out to the numerous injured people - may they recover quickly and completely - they will receive all the support they need.
"Such an evening and such a night are difficult to bear for every one of us. They are even more difficult to bear because we have had so many different and difficult reports of horrors in the past few days."
Kosovo leaders say three ethnic Albanians - two women and a man - were among the nine people killed.
President Hashim Thaci says on his Facebook page the deaths of the trio from Kosovo was "shocking" and says his nation stands with Germany in "denouncing and fighting any form of terrorism." Parliament Speaker Kadri Veseli said that "such terrible attacks cannot and will not change our joint values and living."
German interior minister Thomas De Maiziere says there is "no indication of any connection to international terrorism" in the Munich attack.
De Maiziere told reporters he had met with all top security officials and no police record for the suspect has been found. He adds that intelligence agencies had no information on him.
He added the shooter's parents came to Germany in the late 1990s as asylum seekers.
Chancellor Angela Merkel says that the country's security services will "do everything possible to protect the security and freedom of all people in Germany" in the wake of two attacks in less than a week.
She told reporters in Berlin on Saturday that an attack on a train on Monday night and Friday night's deadly rampage in Munich had involved "places where any of us could have been" and have left Germans wondering "where is safe?"
Combined with the deadly attack in the French city of Nice, she said people are growing increasingly concerned.
"Such an evening and such a night is difficult to bear," she said of the Munich attack. "And it's even more difficult to bear because we have had so much terrible news in so few days."
French President Francois Hollande expressed his condolences and support for Germany after the Munich attack, calling it an "ignoble act aimed at spreading horror in Germany".
He added: "(Germany) will stand up to this. It can count on France's friendship and cooperation."
Hollande is holding a special government meeting Saturday where government ministers are discussing consequences and next steps after the Nice attack July 14.
Prince Albert of Monaco sent a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, promising "the solidarity of my country in the face of this cruel ordeal."
Barack Obama came under fire for joking about his daughter's graduation while delivering a speech on the Munich atrocity.
The President began by pledging support to the German people, before saying: "Our way of life, our freedoms, our ability to go about our business every day, raising our kids."
He then went on: "And seeing them grow up and graduate from high school, and now about to leave their dad."
"I'm sorry. I'm getting too personal. Getting a little too personal there," he continued - grinning and gesturing to the audience to calm.
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