Teenager arrested after two 13-year-old girls seriously injured in German school attack
A 16-year-old suspect is in custody after an attack at a school in Schongau, Germany, left two 13-year-old girls with serious injuries. Police say the suspect acted alone and carried both a knife and a firearm.
Police in Upper Bavaria, Germany, have arrested a 16-year-old suspect following a violent incident at the Welfen-Gymnasium secondary school in the small town of Schongau. Two 13-year-old girls sustained serious injuries, though their conditions are not life-threatening, according to authorities.
The suspect is believed to have acted alone and was found in possession of a knife and a firearm. Police described the incident as a "rampage." A police spokesperson declined to confirm earlier reports of a stabbing, stating that the weapon used remains unclear.
Bavaria's interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, told public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) that he believes the girls were stabbed, but this has not been officially confirmed. Herrmann added that the suspect had previously received psychiatric treatment and there are unconfirmed indications that he may have been a former student of the school.
The identity of the suspect has not been released, and it is unknown whether he had any links to the school. Authorities are still clarifying the number of other people involved and the severity of their injuries.
A contact point for relatives and parents has been set up at a local fire station. The school, founded in 1887, was originally an almost exclusively girls' school but has been coeducational for the past 40 years.
