Munich Attack: 18 year old killer created fake Facebook page offering Free McDonalds to lure teens to attack scene

The 18-year-old German-Iranian man who opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald's, killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself, has been named in reports by German media as Ali David Sonboly.

According to reports, Sonboly created a fake Facebook profile under the alias Selina Akim to entice youngsters to the centre’s McDonald’s branch, before starting his shooting spree at around 6.30pm on Friday.

 

During a press conference on Saturday morning, Munich Police President Hubertus Andrae confirmed the Police force were looking at Ali David Sonboly's Facebook page.

Police gave a "cautious all clear" early on Saturday morning, more than seven hours after the attack began, and brought much of the city to a standstill as all public transit systems were shut down amid a massive manhunt. They said a body found near the scene was that of the shooter and he appeared to have acted alone.

Five of the attacker’s victims are adolescents – sparking fears it was a revenge attack for teens who bullied him.

Police say the motives of the attacker are still 'unclear' at the moment and it may be connected or unconnected to foreign terror groups like ISIS.

This is the third major act of violence against civilians in Western Europe in eight days. The previous attacks, in the French resort city of Nice and on a train in Bavaria near the city of Wuerzburg, were claimed by Terrorist group ISIS.

Update: Congolese musician Koffi Olomide has been deported from Kenya

Thank you, Kenya! Congolese musician Koffi Olomide was on Saturday morning deported to Congo. He was sent back to his home country via a Kenya Airways flight that left the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 11:35am, after he spent the night in a police cell.

The 60-year-old Congolese musician was arrested for viciously kicking one of his female dancers in the belly for arguing with his wife at the Airport. Police Inspector General Joseph Boinnet ordered for his arrest after a video which showed the assault went viral and was brought to his attention.

Cute photo of Ryan Gosling & Justin Timberlake when they were young & best friends

The A-list actors and singers, both 35, were best friends growing up. In fact, Ryan lived with Justin's family for a while and Justin's mom, Lynn, even signed on to be Gosling's legal guardian for six months while his own mother, Donna, returned to Canada for work! They aren't particularly close these day!

Photo: Pastor converts to Islam in Taraba

A pastor (pictured above) with a church in Taraba state yesterday converted to the Muslim faith at the Uthman Bin Fodio Mosque in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. He is now to be known as Suleiman Mafindi. Source: JIBWIS Taraba

Photos: Is Ghanaian boxer, Bukom Banku now an Evangelist? He was seen preaching on the street

Ghanaian boxer, Braimah Kamok, popularly known as Bukom Banku has reportedly turned to an Evangelist. The 35-year-old undefeated boxer was seen preaching on the street. More photos after the cut...

May God continue to strengthen him. Amen

Italian court jails 3 members of a Nigerian crime gang for attempted murder, armed robbery and drug-dealing

An Italian court yesterday, July 22, sentenced three members of a Nigerian crime gang in Palermo, Sicily, to prison for various crimes including attempted murder. Prosecutors said the three Nigerians brought to Palermo the practices of the "Black Axe" cult, which Nigerian police said carried out ritual murders, mutilation and rape in the early 1990s.
In Sicily, they used mafia techniques in carrying out attempted murder, armed robbery, bodily harm, prostitution, extortion and drug-dealing, and answered to Italy's most storied mafia organisation, the Cosa Nostra, as if they were its subjects, prosecutors said. State prosecutors in Palermo say the mafia brings in drugs and the Nigerians distribute the among both Italian and African clients.

The court's verdict, reached on Wednesday, July 20 and made available on Friday, handed down sentences of 12 years and four months to the gang's boss and just over 10 years each to two others.

The group is believed to have attacked two people with bottles and axes late one night in January 2014 in Palermo's Ballaro street market, where police later found the victims with gashed foreheads.

The Black Axe was among several secret societies that took hold in Nigerian universities in the 1990s, allegedly attacking people on campus with guns and knives, raping women who refused to pay protection money and engaging in blood-drinking rituals.

Prostitution is thought to be one of the most profitable businesses for the Nigerian gangs.

According to police data, 90% of prostitutes in Palermo come from Nigeria.


Source: Reuters

What Presidential directive? Nigeria Custom, boss Hamid Ali flies first class from London which cost about N3.4m

The Comptroller General of Customs, Hamid Ali was spotted flying first class on British Airways flight from London to Abuja, on Tuesday, according to PREMIUM TIMES exclusive report.
The move is a clear violation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive banning public officials from flying first class.The president had earlier this year directed the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, to issue a circular to all government agencies barring top officials from travelling first class, a measure put in place to cut the high cost of travelling by public officials.

According to PREMIUM TIMES:

The BA flight BA83 which took off from Gate 43 of Heathrow Terminal 5, London, on Tuesday, nearly an hour behind its scheduled 10.43pm departure time, arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday morning at about 5a.m, with Mr. Ali on board. 

The reasons for Mr. Ali’s travel to London remained unknown as at the time of publishing this report, but customs insiders said the trip was official. 

Several passengers on the flight told PREMIUM TIMES they saw Mr. Ali seated in the First Class compartment of the aircraft during the flight.

"It was a major talking point among some passengers whether the policy (barring public officials from flying first class) is being implemented with exceptions or whether it is meant for the shelves," one passenger on the flight told this newspaper.

There were notable Nigerians on board and a number of them confirmed to this newspaper that the customs comptroller-general was in the first class cabin of the aircraft during the flight.

A first class ticket to and from London costs $11,423.23 (about N3.4million).

Besides being a close friend of Mr. Buhari, Mr. Ali, a retired army colonel, is a man seen by many Nigerian as frugal and incorruptible.

When PREMIUM TIMES contacted the customs spokesperson, Wale Adeniyi, on Thursday, he confirmed Mr. Ali was on the BA flight, but that he travelled on a business class ticket. Mr. Adeniyi was not on the flight, and he responded to our reporter’s enquiry without checking with Mr. Ali. But our sources, some of whom travelled business class, said Mr. Adeniyi’s claim was inaccurate.

"That is not true,"one passenger said. "I was on business class, and I was awake most of the flight. So if you line up those on business class during that flight, I can identify them."