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Winnenden case 'lay judge' sacked after drunken police abuse

Society: 9 Nov 10
A specially-appointed “lay judge” in the weapons case against the father of the Winnenden school killer has been sacked after he drunkenly abused police officers in Stuttgart, a court announced Tuesday. READ »

German Media Roundup: Removing weapons from the home

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Sep 10
Following another deadly shooting rampage with a legally owned sporting weapon over the weekend, newspapers in The Local’s Media Roundup questioned whether protecting the rights of gun owners outweighs the risks. READ »

Custody motive probed in Lörrach rampage

National: 20 Sep 10
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. READ »

Several killed in hospital shooting in Lörrach

National: 19 Sep 10
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. READ »

Winnenden shooter's father faces court

National: 16 Sep 10
The trial of the father of Tim Kretschmer, the teen who shot dead 15 people and himself in Winnenden last year, started Thursday in Stuttgart. He faces charges of violating weapons laws by leaving the gun used in the massacre unlocked. READ »

No homicide charge for father of Winnenden killer

National: 6 May 10
The father of Tim Kretschmer, the teenager who shot dead 15 people at his former school in Winnenden last year, will not face charges of negligent homicide as previously expected, a court announced Thursday. READ »

Politicians bicker over gun law reforms on Winnenden anniversary

National: 11 Mar 10
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. READ »

Father of Winnenden school shooter charged with manslaughter

National: 27 Nov 09
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. READ »

Tim Kretschmer's father faces criminal charges

National: 12 Nov 09
The father of the boy who killed 15 people in Winnenden last spring faces charges of negligent manslaughter for not securing the gun used in the rampage, the Baden-Württemberg justice ministry said Thursday. READ »

Duisburg high school closed after attack threat

Society: 28 Sep 09
A high school in Duisburg will be closed on Monday after its director received a threatening email, police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia reported. READ »

Teen attacker planned Ansbach school rampage

National: 18 Sep 09
Police said on Friday they still didn’t know the motive of an axe-wielding 18-year-old who injured nine students and one teacher at a school in Ansbach, Bavaria despite finding letters showing he planned the rampage. READ »

Teen runs amok in Ansbach school attack

National: 17 Sep 09
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. The assailant is in critical condition after being shot by police. READ »

Teen from Winnenden school massacre had killing fantasies

National: 8 Sep 09
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. READ »

Pensioner kills three in shooting rampage

National: 19 Aug 09
A German pensioner who went on a shooting rampage near Düsseldorf that left three people dead did so in order to teach people "not to mess" with him or his family, police said on Wednesday. READ »

Experts propose school shooting alarm

National: 26 Jul 09
A committee of experts has proposed that schools be equipped with an alarm system for shooting sprees, news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday. READ »

Teenager arrested for school shooting threat in Hesse

Society: 29 May 09
A 15-year-old was apprehended by police in the Hessian town of Kirchhain after threatening a school killing on an internet forum, authorities reported on Friday. READ »

Journalists condemn Bild’s coverage of shooting

National: 22 May 09
The German Press Council, a voluntary self-monitoring watchdog organisation for journalists, condemned tabloid Bild's coverage of the Winnenden school shooting in a statement released on its website Friday. READ »

Germany tries to clobber first Ultimate Fighting event

Sport: 19 May 09
Continental Europe's first taste of "Ultimate Fighting," in which men batter each other with bare fists and feet, has sparked a political row this week as officials sought to ban under-18s from watching. READ »

MPs rush new gun law but back down from paintball ban

National: 14 May 09
Germany’s grand coalition government wants to rush a new gun control law through parliament, but has apparently ditched unpopular plans to ban paintball. READ »

Homemade bomb found in teen school attacker’s room

National: 12 May 09
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. READ »

Teen girl who stabbed student planned arson

National: 11 May 09
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. READ »

Police arrest would-be school attacker

Politics: 6 May 09
Police staged a massive operation in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein to arrest a boy on Wednesday after fellow classmates revealed his plans to commit a school shooting. READ »

Winnenden shooter's family will not return to community

National: 3 May 09
The family of Tim Kretschmer, who shot dead 15 people in and around his school in Winnenden in March before killing himself, has moved away amid hostility in the community. READ »

Family dispute turns deadly in court room

National: 7 Apr 09
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. READ »

Students return to class after school massacre

National: 23 Mar 09
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. READ »

Köhler attacks virtual violence at massacre memorial service

National: 21 Mar 09
Speaking at the memorial church service in Winnenden, German President Horst Köhler spoke out against ultra-violent computer games and films, calling for the political world and society in general to reject them. READ »

Winnenden massacre parents call for changes

Politics: 21 Mar 09
As Winnenden gathered on Saturday to mourn those killed in the massacre, the families of five victims called for laws to keep children away from guns, ban violent video games and restrict reporting of such attacks. READ »

Driver tells of harrowing hours as teen's hostage

National: 18 Mar 09
As the state and federal German officials remembered the victims of the Winnenden school massacre on Wednesday, a hostage held by the teen killer for two hours revealed details of his terrifying experience. READ »

Teen gunman's family issues apology

National: 17 Mar 09
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. READ »

Gunman's father probed for negligent homicide

National: 16 Mar 09
Police are now investigating the father of the teenage gunman who murdered 15 people last week for negligent homicide. It also emerged the teen took target practice at his father's gun club just weeks before the massacre. READ »

Merkel moots surprise checks for gun owners

National: 15 Mar 09
After the first victim of the Winnenden school massacre was buried on Saturday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested surprise visits to gun owners to see if they are storing their weapons properly. READ »

School killer played shooter game the night before massacre

National: 14 Mar 09
As Winnenden prepares to bury the 15 people shot dead by Tim Kretschmer on Wednesday, further details have emerged about possible influences which led to the 17-year-old committing mass murder. READ »

Gunman's internet threat probably a hoax

National: 13 Mar 09
German authorities said on Friday they would need another two days to work out whether a supposed internet threat from the teenager who went on a deadly rampage at his old school this week was a hoax. READ »

Politicians demand better gun club checks and a video game ban

Politics: 13 Mar 09
Two days after the school massacre in Winnenden, German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries has called for gun clubs to put tighter restrictions on their members. Others are demanding a ban on violent video games. READ »

Police probe gunman's internet threat

National: 13 Mar 09
German police said late on Thursday they were probing whether a supposed internet threat from the teenager who went on a deadly rampage at his old school this week might be fake. READ »

Teen killer promised bloodbath on internet

National: 12 Mar 09
The teenage gunman who murdered 15 people in southwestern Germany announced his intention to create a bloodbath just hours beforehand in an internet chatroom, a state official said on Thursday. READ »

German media roundup: Could Winnenden have been prevented?

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 09
Could the Winnenden massacre have been prevented? With the nation still in shock, German newspapers in The Local’s media roundup engage in some soul-searching following the bloody school rampage in Baden-Württemberg. READ »

Kretschmer shot at other teenagers with air pistols before

Society: 12 Mar 09
The dead gunman from Winnenden, Tim Kretschmer, had shot other teenagers before with his collection of air guns, alienating those who tried to befriend him, according to German media reports. READ »

Authorities seek school massacre motive

National: 12 Mar 09
Authorities said they had found the first indications for the motive behind one of the worst school massacres in Germany’s history on Thursday, a day after a teen gunman murdered 15 people in the state of Baden-Württemberg. READ »

All but one of shooter’s victims were female

National: 11 Mar 09
All but one of the nine pupils killed and seven injured in a German school massacre on Wednesday were girls, a local official said. The three slain teachers were also women. READ »

Teen gunman killed after murdering 15

National: 11 Mar 09
A teenage gunman who shot dead 15 people, including nine students and three teachers at his former school in southwestern Germany, killed himself after a shoot-out with police on Wednesday. READ »

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