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| Gunman dies after storming school | Gunman dies after storming school |
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| A gunman has been found dead after storming a school in Germany, injuring a teacher and several pupils. | A gunman has been found dead after storming a school in Germany, injuring a teacher and several pupils. |
| According to reports, explosive material was found on the body of the man, who had entered the school in Emsdetten at 0830GMT. | According to reports, explosive material was found on the body of the man, who had entered the school in Emsdetten at 0830GMT. |
| Police have however not yet said how the man, who is reported to have been a former pupil of the school, died. | Police have however not yet said how the man, who is reported to have been a former pupil of the school, died. |
| While resolved, the incident stirs unhappy memories of 2002, when a former pupil killed 18 people in his school. | While resolved, the incident stirs unhappy memories of 2002, when a former pupil killed 18 people in his school. |
| School safety | School safety |
| Those killings prompted a wave of German soul searching about violence and school security, coming just months after another gunman had walked into a school and shot dead his former headteacher. | Those killings prompted a wave of German soul searching about violence and school security, coming just months after another gunman had walked into a school and shot dead his former headteacher. |
| A total of eight people are reported to have been wounded in this latest incident, although none seriously, police say. | A total of eight people are reported to have been wounded in this latest incident, although none seriously, police say. |
| The Geschwister Scholl school, which has around 700 pupils aged between 11 and 16, was rapidly evacuated, and a special forces unit surrounded the building. | |
| Negotiations with the gunman were started, and according to Der Spiegel, members of the unit also entered the building. | Negotiations with the gunman were started, and according to Der Spiegel, members of the unit also entered the building. |
| The motive of the gunman as yet remains unclear. | The motive of the gunman as yet remains unclear. |