German Teenager Shot Dead by Police After Killing 16 People

Jayotacon · Mar 11, 2009

16 KILLED IN GUN RAMPAGE Germany Shocked by Teenager's Killing Spree

Germany was in shock on Wednesday after a 17-year-old youth killed 16 people in a shooting rampage that began at his school, where he shot dead 10 pupils and three teachers. He later took a gun to his own head during a shootout with police. His motive remains a mystery.
A 17-year-old youth killed 16 people in a shooting rampage in Germany that began at his former school and ended in a wild shootout in a supermarket forecourt. According to the latest information from police, after he was struck in the leg in a shootout with officers, he committed suicide by firing a bullet from his own gun into his head.
The teenager walked into the Albertville secondary school in the southwestern town of Winnenden at 9.30 a.m and opened fire indiscriminately in two classrooms, killing 10 pupils -- all aged 14 and 15 -- and three women teachers, as well as wounding several others.

PHOTO GALLERY: BLOODBATH IN WINNENDEN

He then fled, shooting dead a further person on his way, as police evacuated the school and mounted a massive, three-hour manhunt with helicopters and sniffer dogs. He hijacked a car and forced the driver to take him to the town of Wendlingen 40 kilometers away. Police located him and there was a final shootout in which he killed two more bystanders and seriously wounded two police officers before he comitted suicide.
It was the worst shooting in Germany since the Erfurt school massacre in 2002 in which a former former student killed 16 people before turning the gun on himself.
"This is a day of sorrow for the whole of Germany," Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with the families and relatives. We're thinking of them and praying for them."
Family Affairs Minister Ursula von der Leyen said: "This is shattering. We must ask how we can prevent this, and what motivates people to commit such shootings."
Teenager 'Inconspicuous', 'Frustrated'
The teenager, who has been named as Tim K.*, was described by teachers as inconspicuous. He had left the school last year after obtaining his secondary school certificate, and had begun an apprenticeship. "He evidently had a double identity," said Helmut Rau, the education minister of the southern state of Baden-Württemberg
One former classmate told SPIEGEL ONLINE that K., an only child, had been "deeply frustrated." But his motive remains unknown.

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The school complex in Winnenden.

Media reports said the teenager's parents had 18 licensed firearms in their home, and that he had used one of the weapons, an Italian-made Beretta pistol, for the shooting. His father Jörg K. belongs to a gun club and may face prosecution if it turns out that he didn't keep them sufficiently locked up. He walked quietly through the corridors of the school, entered the classrooms and fired off rounds indiscriminately, police said. "He went into the school with a gun and caused a bloodbath. I've never seen anything like it," said Baden-Württemberg regional police chief Erwin Hetger.
Winnenden has around 27,600 inhabitants and lies 20 kilometers northeast of Stuttgart. Schools of its type teach pupils between the ages of 10 and 16.
German news channel N-TV reported that there was chaos around the school complex as anxious parents began gathering there. "You can see the shock and horror in people's eyes," one eyewitness said.
Police closed off much of Winnenden during the search. "The whole town resembled a fortress," one eyewitness said.
Six hours after the shooting, the bodies were still in the classrooms while forensic experts combed the scene.
"Millions of people around the country are saddened by what has happened," said the governor of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Günther Oettinger.
Debate About School Safety
The massacre has led to a fierce debate about the causes of such shootings and the need for greater security in schools.
The German Police Federation, Konrad Freiberg, proposed fitting schools with doors that could only be opened with personalized swipe cards.
But the president of the German Federation of Teachers, Josef Kraus, said such systems would only give a false sense of security. "If someone wants to go on a rampage, he can also target a schoolbus and there's nothing you can do about it," he said.
Wolfgang Bosbach, deputy parliamentary leader of Merkel's conservatives, said was too soon to draw conclusions from the shooting.
"We must examine the causes and the background of this crime," Bosbach said. He warned against turning the country's schools into "maximum security facilities."
*German privacy laws prevent us from immediately giving his full name until circumstances have been clarified
from http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,612612,00.html
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this guy is crazy and this happened in stuttgart in the near where i live omg

jwslam · Mar 11, 2009

seriously
wtf is wrong with teens like that

HiNg · Mar 11, 2009

ppl think that they will b remembered 4 doin sumthin dum lyk that!!!!
copied da other guy that did da sme thing in america

Natsu · Mar 11, 2009

messed up in the head........ sick people >.<

Flames · Mar 11, 2009

Wow teens these days are going crazy...

-Tisken- · Mar 11, 2009

hahah i read this news at school today ~
pretty sick ~

hsugi · Mar 11, 2009

yeah thats very sad

Akki · Mar 11, 2009

that is terrible.... i fear for my life. total bull shit.....

-Tisken- · Mar 11, 2009

this happened near stuttgart.... not far away from our home

xaznxryux · Mar 11, 2009

damn that sucks, if only the cops could kill him sooner, thw two passers wouldve lived, RIP 16 victims

fearless_fx · Mar 11, 2009

how did he get a gun?

Jayotacon · Mar 11, 2009

fearless_fx said: ↑

how did he get a gun?
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his father hav 16 guns or sth like that at home

Myer · Mar 12, 2009

Actually , according to the news, the guy shot himself after the police had injured him.

Shocking.

ProjectD · Mar 12, 2009

something wrong with people these days =/

Knoctur_nal · Mar 12, 2009

kid was effective on his rampage.

mr_evolution · Mar 12, 2009

Psycho messed up kids

CuriousBSG · Mar 13, 2009

My Condolences to the families of those who have been killed.

rNb99 · Mar 13, 2009

it was so shocking when i saw this on the news.

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