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Winnenden school shooting
2009 school shooting in Winnenden, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Winnenden school shooting occurred on the morning of 11 March 2009 at the Albertville-Realschule, a secondary school in Winnenden, southwestern Germany, followed by a shootout at a car dealership in nearby Wendlingen.[1][5] The shooting spree resulted in 16 deaths, including the suicide of the perpetrator, 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer, who had graduated from the school a year earlier.[1] Nine people were injured during the incident.
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![]() Albertville-Realschule in Winnenden, six days after the shooting | |
Location | Winnenden and Wendlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Coordinates | 48°52′07″N 9°23′55″E |
Date | 11 March 2009 (2009-03-11) 09:30 – 13:08 (CET) |
Target | Students and teachers |
Attack type | School shooting, mass shooting, mass murder, spree shooting, murder–suicide[1] |
Weapons | Beretta 92FS[1][2][3] |
Deaths | 16 (including the perpetrator and 2 in Wendlingen)[1][2] |
Injured | 9[4] |
Perpetrator | Tim Kretschmer[1][2] |
Motive | Unknown |
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