Toronto Star

Where was Munich shooter’s psychiatri­st?

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Re Shooter planned attack for a year, July 25 Having just returned from Munich (prior to the shooting), I find it hard to reconcile that beautiful, peaceful green city with what was reported. But instead of asking what Angela Merkel, or the police, or secret intelligen­ce were doing, why does no one ask what was the role of the psychiatri­st who was caring for the disturbed boy?

Why did he not notice what he had been planning for a year? And what about the parents? What of his preoccupat­ion with killing games and with the history of past rampages, let alone his possession of a gun and hundreds of bullets? We should not let our preoccupat­ion with terrorism lead us away from responsibi­lities and problems much closer to one’s home and family. Laura Westra, Maple

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