Yom Kippur attack gunman confesses and admits antisemitic motive, German prosecutors say

After failing to break through the synagogue’s wooden door, he shot dead a female passerby before driving to nearby Turkish kebab shop, where a man died.

German police have seized evidence from the flat in Halle that he shared with his mother. The items included a 3D printer with which he is believed to have produced the home-made guns that he used in the attack.

The suspect’s mother said in an interview with Der Spiegel that he had experimented with drugs in his early 20s and emerged as a “different person”, having barely survived the experience.

His father told Bild that his son was a “friendless figure” who lived his life online and blamed others for his own failings.

“He wasn’t at ease with himself or the world, always blaming others,” he said.