The gunman who murdered nine people at a Munich mall Friday may have attempted to lure young people to the scene of the crime with a fake Facebook post offering free food, authorities said Saturday.
Many of the victims were young people, and the 18-year-old high school student wounded 27 others during his rampage before turning the gun on himself.
The gunman, who had Iranian and German citizenship, may have tried to attract people to the mall’s McDonald’s restaurant prior to the shooting using a hacked Facebook account that offered free food, Robert Heimberger, president of the Bavarian state criminal agency, told a news conference. Read more…
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