A MAN who famously stood up to the Munich shooter after he killed nine people is facing being charged by a prosecutor for insulting the killer.
Thomas Salbey, 57, saw the shooting happening from his balcony in the Bavarian capital on July 22.
In an attempt to stop 18 year old Ali Sonboly from further slaughtering people, he swore at the shooter as he was standing in a car park below.
Sonboly shouted at him: "I am a German."
Footage of the feisty exchange went viral as thousands praised Mr Salbey for standing up to the deluded teenager.
The plucky German also hurled a beer bottle at the attacker in a desperate attempt to stop him.
He said: “All I had was a beer bottle to throw at him, but if I had a gun I would have shot him in the head.”
Loner Sonboly had just shot dead nine people, mainly young teenagers he had lured to McDonald’s on the premise of free food.
The German-Iranian also injured 16 others during the rampage before he killed himself a kilometre away from the Munich Olympiad shopping centre he carried the shooting out at.
Now, in a twist of German justice, Mr Salbey is now facing charges for standing up to the killer who shot himself in the head.
Hero of Germany, Thomas Salbey.
Florian Weinzierl, spokesman from the Munich State Prosecutor’s office, confirmed the Munich resident is being investigated.
He said the post-shooting exchange between Mr Salbey and Sonboly had no influence on their actions.
What will be included in the charges remains to be established, as it whether they will be brought forward.
But Mr Weinzierl, suggested they could include “insults to the detriment of the dead.”
Hurling insults at terrorists targeting children in the middle of a mass shooting will get you brought up on charges in Germany!
How in the hell have Germans let things get this bad?
Here's the transcript of what Thomas Salbey said to this terrorist (via Reddit):
Balcony Man: "You fucking Asshole you..."
Shooter: "Because of you I was bullied for 7 years..."
Balcony Man: "You wanker you. you're a wanker"
Shooter: "...and now I have to buy a gun to shoot you"
Balcony Man: "a gun! fuck off! your head should be cut off/open you asshole"
Shooter and Balcony man shouting at each other
Balcony Man apparently to people filming: "He's got a gun here the guy has one"
Unseen voice: "Shit/Fucking Turks!"
Balcony Man: "Shit/Fucking Kanacken" (derogatory term for people of Middle Eastern descent)
Balcony man to someone else : "EY! HE'S GOT A GUN! He has loaded his gun! Get the cops here! He's walking around here the wanker!"
Shooter: "I am German."
Balcony Man: "You're a wanker is what you are"
Shooter: "Stop filming!"
Balcony Man: "A wanker is what you are, what the fuck are you doing?"
Shooter: "Yeah what, I was born here!"
Balcony Man: "Yeah and what the fuck you think you're doing???"
Shooter: "I grew up here in the Hartz 4 (unemployment benefits in Germany) area, in the [unintelligible] region here in Hasenbergl.
Balcony Man and Shooter talk at same time, can't make it out.
Shooter says something about "Stationäre Behandlung" which is "stationary treatment" like in a psychiatry ward
Balcony Man says something like "Yeah treatment, you belong into a psychiatry ward"
Shooter: "How is it my fault, I haven't done anything in 5th grade" (This 5th grade might refer to German "Gymnasium" which is High School)
Shooter: "Shut your snout/mouth, sir" (He is using the German "Sie" which is a politer form, Schnauze is "snout" and a slang)
Balcony Man: "You cunt you"
Balcony Man: "HEY! HE'S ON THE UPPER FLOOR HERE [unintelligible]"
Filming man goes into cover, shooter starts firing.
Balcony man calls him a cunt again.
Balcony man: "They must have been shitting into your head" (A German slang for "Your mind is fucked up)
Shooter: "They have not! They have NOT, that's the thing! They have NOT!"
The German government is set to prosecute a German man for calling a mass shooter mean names!
