https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed EU chiefs on Thursday expressed shock and sadness after shootings at two bars in Germany left nine people dead. https://www.thelocal.de/20200220/eu-chiefs-express-shock-over-shootings-near-frankfurt Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:41:20 +0100 eu-chiefs-express-shock-over-shootings-near-frankfurt Following a deadly attack near a Christmas market in Strasbourg on Tuesday evening, the German federal police put up controls at several border crossings from Germany to France. https://www.thelocal.de/20181212/german-french-border-controls-tightened-as-shooting-suspect-on-the-loose Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:39:03 +0100 german-french-border-controls-tightened-as-shooting-suspect-on-the-loose Cops throughout Germany fatally shot 14 people and injured another 39 with guns in 2017, new figures released by the German Police College reveal. https://www.thelocal.de/20180629/german-police-shot-dead-14-people-in-2017 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:34:04 +0200 german-police-shot-dead-14-people-in-2017 Berlin police on Tuesday night shot and killed the father of a young girl at a refugee home as he tried to attack a man who allegedly sexually abused his daughter. https://www.thelocal.de/20160928/police-shoot-dead-father-who-attacked-daughters-abuser-with-knife Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:55:08 +0200 police-shoot-dead-father-who-attacked-daughters-abuser-with-knife Police have said that a 41-year-old man was behind three deaths in Bayreuth, northern Bavaria late on Sunday evening, shooting his ex-girlfriend, her father, and himself. https://www.thelocal.de/20151221/3-gunned-down-on-street-in-bayreuth Mon, 21 Dec 2015 09:48:47 +0100 3-gunned-down-on-street-in-bayreuth A 15-year-old German boy who became embroiled in a tense armed stand-off with police after taking guns into his school has been sentenced to four and a half years in youth custody. https://www.thelocal.de/20130221/48097 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:09:00 +0100 48097 Four children were injured in the eastern German state of Thuringia on Tuesday when air pistol shots were fired into their classrooms from a building opposite. Three suspects have been arrested. https://www.thelocal.de/20121010/45457 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:13:00 +0200 45457 Police in California have arrested a German university professor after he wrote about gunning down students at his late son's high school and then killing himself, it was reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120802/44125 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:29:00 +0200 44125 Each year at least 400 German schoolchildren threaten to attack their school or college, a new study based on previously unpublished data shows. Poor record keeping is probably keeping the figure artificially low, its author warned. https://www.thelocal.de/20120718/43813 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:56:00 +0200 43813 Police arrested an armed 14-year-old boy Tuesday after he opened fire with at least one weapon at his school in southern Germany, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.de/20120523/42695 Wed, 23 May 2012 08:55:00 +0200 42695 A high school in southern Germany has been evacuated after pupils and teachers heard a gun shot on Tuesday. The pupil, who is thought to have two guns, is missing. No-one has been injured. https://www.thelocal.de/20120522/42689 Tue, 22 May 2012 18:31:00 +0200 42689