<p>Gunman Ali Sonboly, an 18 year old German-Iranian killed 9 people in a busy Munich shoping district, including children aged 14,15 and 17. The attack left 10 dead and 27 wounded. The gunman was counted as one of the dead apparently from a self inflicted wound. ;</p>
<p>Witnesses say he shouted &#8220;Allahu Ahkbar&#8221; as he was shooting.</p>
<p>Using the name &ldquo;Selina Akim&rdquo;, Sonboly posted a message hours before the attack saying: &#8220;Come today at four o&rsquo;clock to McDonald&rsquo;s at OEZ [shopping centre]. I am giving away anything you want as long as it&rsquo;s not too expensive.&#8221;</p>
<p>The gunman used a handgun with the serial number scraped off, apparently obtained illegally. The authorities had no indication that gunman was associated with any radical group. ;Police officials said the attacker had no political motivations and no references to religion had been found in his home. The press has referred to him as a &#8220;lone gunman.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sonboly was describe by the press as a quiet, shy type who was bullied. His only prior contact with police was twice as a robbery victim and a bullying victim. Hentered Germany with his parents, ;Shiite Muslims from Iran who came to Germany as asylum seekers in the 1990s.</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> As a former intelligence office it irritates me when officials &#8220;deny a connection&#8221; to a radical group. The press always picks this up as as an absolute. The result is the politicians then focus on how to keep guns away from crazy people, ;rather than the real problem of organized radical Islam.</p>
<p>Not knowing about a connection doesn not mean there is not ;a ;connection. In fact, professional intelligence services around the world have thousands of agents who are connected in ways the police have absolutely no knowledge of.</p>
<p>Covert meetings and communications are not limited to intelligence services, radical Islamic groups could easily have been in touch with him without the knowledge of the police. I believe this is what happened, not only in this case but in Orlando and several other cases of &#8220;lone gunman.&#8221;</p>
<p>Where would an 18 years old get a sanitized gun?</p>