{DW News} – The father of the 18-year-old man who perpetrated the shooting attack at a Munich shopping mall that left nine dead, alerted the police after recognizing his son in one of the first videos that began circulating the internet shortly after the massacre.
Bavarian investigator Robert Heimberger announced in a press conference that the father headed to the police station to report his suspicions.
The family of the attacker is still in shock of what happened, while the police did not manage to interrogate his parents so far.
In a related development, hundreds of mourners turned out to mourn the death of the victims.
People in Munich and beyond have been turning out in large numbers to pay their respects to the victims of the Friday shooting that took the lives of 9 people, as police continue investigating the 18 year-old gunman and his motives.
