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| At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a school in south-west Germany, police say. | At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a school in south-west Germany, police say. |
| Most of the dead are thought to have been pupils at the Albertville secondary school in Winnenden, north of Stuttgart. | Most of the dead are thought to have been pupils at the Albertville secondary school in Winnenden, north of Stuttgart. |
| Reports say the gunman, thought to be a 17-year-old former pupil wearing black combat gear, fled into the town centre. | Reports say the gunman, thought to be a 17-year-old former pupil wearing black combat gear, fled into the town centre. |
| A search is underway with helicopters circling over the town. Police and rescue teams are at the school. | A search is underway with helicopters circling over the town. Police and rescue teams are at the school. |
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| Earlier reports said a suspect had been arrested, but German police say the gunman is still on the run. | Earlier reports said a suspect had been arrested, but German police say the gunman is still on the run. |
| "We have to assume a death toll in the double-digits," a spokeswoman for the interior ministry in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg told the Reuters news agency. | "We have to assume a death toll in the double-digits," a spokeswoman for the interior ministry in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg told the Reuters news agency. |
| GERMAN SCHOOL ATTACKS 2006: A former pupil injures 11 students at a school in western town of Emsdetten before turning the gun on himself. 2002: A former pupil kills 17 people in his school in the eastern city of Erfurt, then kills himself. class="" href="/1/hi/in_pictures/7937055.stm">In pictures: School shooting class="" href="/1/hi/world/7631162.stm">Timeline of school shootings "These are students," she said. | |
| The editor of the local paper, Frank Nipkau, told television channel N-TV that eight pupils and two adults were among the dead. | The editor of the local paper, Frank Nipkau, told television channel N-TV that eight pupils and two adults were among the dead. |
| The chief reporter of the Stuttgart Journal newspaper, Kevin Latzel, told the BBC that there was a lot of confusion at the scene of the shooting. | |
| "It's very horrible... the parents are crying, the pupils are crying and a lot of police is there and nobody knows really what happened," he said. | |
| "They are very afraid, the pupils are calling their parents and the parents they want to pick [them] up but they can't do this, the parents they are not allowed to get into the classrooms," he added. | |
| The attack is reported to have begun at about 0945 (0845 GMT). | |
| The gunman "went into the school with a weapon and carried out a bloodbath", regional police chief Erwin Hetger said, the Associated Press news agency reported. | |
| "I've never seen anything like this in my life," he said. | |
| Witnesses said students jumped from the windows of the school after the gunman opened fire. | |
| About 1,000 children are thought to attend the school, in the town some 20km (12 miles) north-east of Stuttgart. | About 1,000 children are thought to attend the school, in the town some 20km (12 miles) north-east of Stuttgart. |
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