The Local Germany

Deadly Lörrach rampage was premeditated

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:01:00 +0200

The killing spree that left four dead and 18 injured in Lörrach last weekend was at least partly planned in advance, investigators said on Friday after finding “extraordinary quantities” of explosive liquids in the murderer's apartment.

Autopsy reveals Lörrach woman smothered son

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:21:00 +0200

Post-mortem results revealed on Tuesday that Sabine R. suffocated her five-year-old son with a plastic bag and that police halted her deadly rampage in Lörrach by shooting her 17 times.

German Media Roundup: Removing weapons from the home

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:35:00 +0200

Following another shooting rampage with a legally owned sporting weapon that left four dead in the southern German city of Lörrach Sunday, newspapers in The Local’s Media Roundup questioned whether protecting the rights ofgun owners outweighs the risks.

Shootings spark debate over sports weapons

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 10:35:00 +0200

A senior government lawmaker rejected calls on Tuesday for a ban on keeping sports and hunting weapons in private homes after it emerged the Lörrach gunwoman was a recreational shooter who owned the murder weapon legally.

Custody motive probed in Lörrach rampage

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:40:00 +0200

Police on Monday were investigating a possible child custody dispute as the motive behind a bloody rampage by a woman in the southwestern German town of Lörrach that left four people dead.

Several killed in hospital shooting in Lörrach

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:02:00 +0200

Four people died and a police officer was seriously wounded on Sunday after an explosion and a shootout that ended at a hospital in the southwestern German town of Lörrach.

Politicians bicker over gun law reforms on Winnenden anniversary

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:19:00 +0100

Amid memorials on the one year anniversary of the deadly Winnenden school shooting on Thursday, politicians and law enforcement authorities bickered over whether changes to weapon laws have been successful.

School attack leaves teacher dead

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:32:00 +0100

A former student is suspected of stabbing a teacher to death at a vocational school in Ludwigshafen on Thursday, but the police said a quick evacuation of the facility likely avoided a wider bloodbath.

Father of Winnenden school shooter charged with manslaughter

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:16:00 +0100

Prosecutors in the German state of Baden-Württemberg on Friday pressed manslaughter charges against the father of a 17-year-old boy who killed 15 people during a rampage started at his old school in March.

Teen girl gets five years for failed firebomb attack on school

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:42:00 +0100

A 16-year-old girl who tried to firebomb her school in May and attacked a fellow pupil with a sword was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in a juvenile detention centre.

Teen runs amok in Ansbach school attack

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:55:00 +0200

An 18-year-old went on a rampage with an axe and Molotov cocktails at a school in Ansbach in southern Germany on Thursday, injuring nine of his fellow students.

Teen from Winnenden school massacre had killing fantasies

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:12:00 +0200

The teenage boy responsible for the Winnenden school massacre in southwestern Germany last March was apparently haunted by killing fantasies long before his rampage left 15 people dead.

Man barricades himself after injuring family with blast

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:23:00 +0200

A man barricaded himself inside his apartment in Viernheim near Mannheim on Wednesday after igniting explosives that injured a family of four. Police believe he may have been involved in another blast in a neighbouring town.

Homemade bomb found in teen school attacker’s room

Tue, 12 May 2009 18:27:00 +0200

Investigators have found a homemade bomb in the room of a 16-year-old girl who planned to torch her school and attacked another student with a knife near Bonn, the website of magazine Focus reported on Tuesday.

Teen girl who stabbed student planned arson

Mon, 11 May 2009 20:05:00 +0200

A teenage girl is on the run on Monday after attacking a fellow student in Sankt Augustin near Bonn. She apparently planned to burn the school down.

Family dispute turns deadly in court room

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:46:00 +0200

A 60-year-old man shot and killed his sister-in-law and injured two others before killing himself at around 10:15 am on Tuesday morning at a district court in Landshut, Bavaria.

Students return to class after school massacre

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:15:00 +0100

Normal lessons resumed on Monday for pupils at a school in Germany where a teenager massacred nine students and three teachers earlier this month, the school said.

Majority of Germans support stricter gun control

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:06:00 +0100

One week after the deadly school massacre in Winnenden, a poll released on Wednesday shows an overwhelming majority of Germans support stricter gun control.

Teen gunman's family issues apology

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:13:00 +0100

The family of a 17-year-old who shot dead 15 people in southwestern Germany last week before turning the gun on himself apologised to his victims and their families in a letter published on Tuesday.

Banning video games will not halt youth violence

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:28:00 +0100

Tragic incidents such as the recent school shooting in Winnenden cannot be prevented simply by banning violent video games, argues Olaf Wolters from Germany’s BIU Association of Interactive Entertainment Software.