Over 40 injured: student (12) admits irritant attack at Kassel school

Created: 05/20/2022, 14:56

By: Ulrike Pfluger-Scherb

An irritant was released in the open school in Waldau on Thursday morning.

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On Thursday (May 19), police and rescue services rush to a school in Kassel.

Irritant was sprayed there.

The person responsible has now been identified.

Kassel - A twelve-year-old student has admitted to having been responsible for the irritant attack at the Waldau Open School in Kassel.

This is reported by police spokesman Matthias Mänz.

A released irritant caused a rescue and police operation on Thursday morning (May 19) at around 10:50 a.m. at the comprehensive school on Stegerwaldstraße in Waldau.

About 40 fifth-grade students and teachers were injured by the irritant.

The building had to be evacuated.

Kassel: Sprayed on the toilet with an irritant device

In the course of Thursday morning, the cause of the action could be determined.

The boy handed the Kassel police an irritant sprayer.

The twelve-year-old ruefully admitted to the officers of the East police station that he had sprayed the device in the boys' toilet, apparently not in anticipation of the later consequences.

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