SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 19, 2012
At least three children and one adult were killed in a shooting at a Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse on Monday morning. The gunman "shot at everything he could see" before fleeing the scene, a local prosecutor said. It was the third in a series of similar attacks in the region recently. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- February 10, 2011
In the first case of its kind in Germany, a court in Stuttgart ruled that the father of a boy who killed 15 people, most of them at a school in Winnenden, is responsible for manslaughter and bodily injury because he failed to observe a gun control law stipulating the secure storage of firearms. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- November 12, 2010
Tim K. killed 15 people before turning his gun on himself. His father, the owner of the weapon, is now in the dock. Some have called it a show trial aimed at providing the victims' families with peace of mind, but the case is highly controversial. How culpable can parents be if their child kills? By Beate Lakotta more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- February 18, 2010
A school in the German town of Ludwigshafen was evacuated on Thursday morning after a 23-year-old attacked and killed a teacher there. The assailant told police that he was "full of rage" for poor grades the teacher had given him. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- November 12, 2009
It was one of the worst school shootings in German history. Tim K. shot and killed 15 people before turning the weapon on himself. Now, officials say that negligent homocide charges are to be filed against his father for not locking his guns up properly. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- September 14, 2009
Earlier this year, Tim K. killed 15 people and himself in a shooting spree that started at his former school in Winnenden, Germany. According to information obtained by SPIEGEL, the investigation files show that Tim's father went with him to a gun store to buy 1,000 bullets seven weeks before the shooting. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 27, 2009
Following a school shooting in Germany in March that left 16 dead, a panel has recommended a number of safety measures, including special alarms, barricading equipment, permitting mobile phones in classrooms and sharing more information about "problem students" with the authorities. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 07, 2009
In response to the Winnenden school shooting in March, the German government is moving ahead with a plan to ban paintball, which politicians describe as a game that glorifies murder and teaches people to kill. By Jörg Diehl, Annett Meiritz and Zacharias Zacharakis more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 20, 2009
Following a horrific school shooting, German retailer Galeria Kaufhof has decided to pull violent video games from its shelves. A political debate on instituting an outright ban has also erupted. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 16, 2009
Following last week's school shooting in Winnenden, the political debate has centered on gun control and video games. But the real answer could lie elsewhere: with parents. By Claus Christian Malzahn more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 16, 2009
With memories of last week's school shooting in Winnenden still fresh, many in Germany, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, would like to see stricter gun control laws. German commentators, though, don't think that will ever happen. more...
