Berlin's top World Cup official shot himself in the head hours after the tournament ended on Sunday night but survived his apparent suicide attempt, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
Emergency services found the man, who was the Berlin local government's representative on the World Cup organising committee, at his house in the suburbs of Berlin early on Monday.
The Berliner Zeitung daily reported that the man, a 65-year-old widower called Juergen Kiessling, had left two suicide notes, one for his daughter and one for his family.
Citing a police source, the newspaper said Kiessling had 'political' problems. German media said his condition remained life-threatening.
