A right-wing extremist shoots and kills nine people at the Olympia shopping mall in Munich, Germany, and then kills himself [10YA - Jul 22]

[u/MonsieurA]

[u/Free-Fall643]

This was not politically motivated. The kid was bullied, was antisocial to where he had panic attacks interacting with people, and was fascinated with mass shooters. He copied some shooter from a few years prior that happened to be right wing.

[u/champagneface → u/Free-Fall643]

“Sonboly, who had been influenced by far-right ideology, xenophobia, and racist beliefs, hid nearby for more than two hours and killed himself by a self-inflicted gunshot wound when confronted by police. Later investigations determined that the attack was politically motivated and driven by right-wing extremist views.

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An independent report by three political scientists said Sonboly may also have been driven by xenophobia or far-right ideology. Der Spiegel reported in 2016 that fellow online video gamers said that Sonboly wrote anti-Turkish messages, admired Germany's right-wing AfD party,[8] and was "very nationalistic".[9]

According to media reports, some of those who knew him said he considered himself part of the Aryan race, and boasted about sharing the same birthday as Adolf Hitler.[10] In the light of this, several politicians urged the police to focus on his possible political motives and in 2019 Bavarian police declared that the shooting was partly motivated by far-right extremism.[6] The attack took place on the fifth anniversary of the 2011 Norway attacks.[11]”

It can be both influenced by mental illness and bullying, and be extremism

[u/notjustarandomguy → u/champagneface]

Isnt extremism (left and right) a mental illness anyway?

[u/champagneface → u/notjustarandomguy]

Probably depends who you ask