According to the current status, it is assumed that the crime was committed in a relationship, the police said on Thursday. The suspected perpetrator, a student, is on the run. The police have launched a search. According to current knowledge, there is no danger to other people.
An attempt was made to resuscitate the student at school – without success. The school was evacuated and students were being cared for at a collection point, it said. Rescue workers and a helicopter are in action. Emergency chaplains, 15 to 20 police vehicles, criminal police and the fire department are also at the scene. The police initially did not provide any further information.
Similar act in November
The act is reminiscent of another violent act in Offenburg last November. At that time, a 15-year-old student shot a peer in a special needs school. According to police, the German’s attack took place in the suspect’s ninth grade class. The 15-year-old student came into his classroom and shot his classmate in the back of the head with a handgun.
Three dead in violence in Montabaur, Germany
According to police, three people, including a child, were killed in an act of violence in a residential area in Montabaur. Emergency services discovered the suspected perpetrator seriously injured following entering the building, a police spokesman said on Thursday. There is no longer any threat.
Previously, a large area in Montabaur, a city in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, had been cordoned off as a precaution. The police said one person had been in a psychological state of emergency since the early hours of the morning. In order to exclude possible dangers for residents, passers-by and employees of surrounding companies, the area was cordoned off and evacuated. There are numerous police forces on site.
The police had not ruled out the possibility that it was an armed person. According to her own statements, she negotiated with her before the attack occurred at midday. According to dpa information, investigators assume that the victims were shot.
