Germany: School shooting kills 15
Fifteen people have been killed after a teenage gunman went on a rampage in south-west Germany, the BBC quotes officials as saying.
Wednesday, 11.03.2009.
11:33
Fifteen people have been killed after a teenage gunman went on a rampage in south-west Germany, the BBC quotes officials as saying. Twelve of the dead were students and teachers at the Albertville secondary school in Winnenden, north of Stuttgart, police say. Germany: School shooting kills 15 The gunman, a 17-year-old former pupil, is also dead, but it is not clear whether he was shot or killed himself. The teenager died in a shoot-out 40km away. Earlier, news agency Reuters cited a police spokeswoman saying at least nine people were killed when a gunman fired shots at a secondary school in southwestern Germany. The gunman, dressed in a black camouflage suit, reportedly began shooting around at the school at 09:30 am local time. "The person shot all around," a police spokesman told German television channel N24. "I can't give you information on deaths or injured. The person has fled the scene." Police, rescue workers and fire fighters were at the scene and the school had been evacuated, he said. Armed police at the scene (Beta)
Germany: School shooting kills 15
The gunman, a 17-year-old former pupil, is also dead, but it is not clear whether he was shot or killed himself.The teenager died in a shoot-out 40km away.
Earlier, news agency Reuters cited a police spokeswoman saying at least nine people were killed when a gunman fired shots at a secondary school in southwestern Germany.
The gunman, dressed in a black camouflage suit, reportedly began shooting around at the school at 09:30 am local time.
"The person shot all around," a police spokesman told German television channel N24. "I can't give you information on deaths or injured. The person has fled the scene."
Police, rescue workers and fire fighters were at the scene and the school had been evacuated, he said.
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