15-Year-Old Student Fatally Shoots Classmate at German High School in Offenburg; Suspect Detained

Investigation reveals prior relationship between perpetrator and victim; incident sparks major police response while students are provided psychological support.

A 15-year-old student is suspected to have fatally shot a classmate at a high school in Offenburg, southwest Germany, prompting a massive police response.
The suspect was swiftly detained and is believed to have acted alone in what police think was a personally motivated attack based on a prior relationship with the victim.
Following the shooting, around 180 students had to remain in their classrooms before being evacuated and offered counseling by psychologists.
The school in question is a school for children with special needs, where such a tragic event is highly unusual in the German context.
The incident occurred just a day after two separate threats in Hamburg schools, where children threatened teachers with what later proved to be toy guns, raising concerns about school violence in Germany.

South China Morning Post