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sister_luckThis story has made me realize that my school problems are really rather insignificant.
The link's in German, but I'm sure by tomorrow morning this story will have been picked up by the international media.
It's a tragic story in so many ways. Here are the main points:
The police managed to prevent another school massacre, which was planned for the anniversary of the school shooting in Emsdetten.
Classmates had alerted their teachers to the fact that a 17-year-old had posted photographs of the Columbine High School shooting on the internet. There had been a meeting at school with the headteacher, the police and the boy in question. On his way home, the boy threw himself in the path of a tram and died.
A suicide by a student is terribly difficult to deal with for everyone concerned, the parents, the classmates, the teachers, but these circumstances make it even worse. I can only guess at the amount of guilt and anger those involved will feel.
The police have arrested an 18-year-old accomplice who confirmed that they had been planning a shooting. A list of targets and weapons were found at his house.
There's not much one can say, is there? There is a lot of pain and anger in people. Sometimes it turns inwards, sometimes it is turned outwards.
The link's in German, but I'm sure by tomorrow morning this story will have been picked up by the international media.
It's a tragic story in so many ways. Here are the main points:
The police managed to prevent another school massacre, which was planned for the anniversary of the school shooting in Emsdetten.
Classmates had alerted their teachers to the fact that a 17-year-old had posted photographs of the Columbine High School shooting on the internet. There had been a meeting at school with the headteacher, the police and the boy in question. On his way home, the boy threw himself in the path of a tram and died.
A suicide by a student is terribly difficult to deal with for everyone concerned, the parents, the classmates, the teachers, but these circumstances make it even worse. I can only guess at the amount of guilt and anger those involved will feel.
The police have arrested an 18-year-old accomplice who confirmed that they had been planning a shooting. A list of targets and weapons were found at his house.
There's not much one can say, is there? There is a lot of pain and anger in people. Sometimes it turns inwards, sometimes it is turned outwards.
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Date: 2007-11-19 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-19 08:36 pm (UTC)It made BBCnews but that story is rather behind the times: Now it looks like they had already abandoned their plan when the 17-year-old was questioned. The 18-year-old even had bought back the trigger mechanism for the crossbow from the younger boy, so that it couldn't be used.