German police have arrested an armed 31-year-old man who boasted during a sting operation that he had supplied the Glock 17 pistol used by a teenager who killed nine people in Munich on 22 July, the Frankfurt state prosecutor said in a statement. The man’s claims were apparently supported by evidence gathered by the Munich prosecutor’s office and Bavarian state police. “There is the strong suspicion that the 31-year-old man sold the Glock 17 used in the Munich shooting to the 18-year-old German-Iranian shortly before the attacks,” the Bavarian state police said in a separate statement. It said a 65-person task force investigating the Munich shooting was continuing to review 3,100 tips and pieces of evidence, and had already interviewed 250 witnesses. “The successful investigation proves once again that there is no complete anonymity on the internet and no comprehensive protection against prosecution,” the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office said.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2016 17:27 UTC