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18 Dead After German School Shooting


VOA News
26 Apr 2002 17:45 UTC
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<b>German police cordon off road leading to high school</b>
German police cordon off road leading to high school
An expelled student opened fire in his former school in the eastern German city of Erfurt - killing 17 people before turning a gun on himself. Authorities say the casualties at the Gutenberg secondary school Friday, include two students, 13 teachers, a school secretary, one policeman and the gunman - whom they describe as a 19-year-old former student.

 Police who searched the school describe a gruesome scene - saying they found bodies strewn in hallways, classrooms and bathrooms. The unidentified gunman, who was recently expelled from the school, was dressed all in black and shot his victims randomly with two weapons. Police say he killed himself as commandos closed in. Authorities reportedly could not find a second gunman, despite initial reports there had been two attackers.

 Hundreds of students between the ages of 10 and 19 attend the Gutenberg school in Erfurt, which is in the former East Germany. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he is "stunned" and "horrified" at the shooting.

 It came just hours before Germany's parliament approved a new bill tightening the country's already strict gun laws.
 
 

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