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Special police forces are deployed at a school.
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The police assume it was a relationship crime - and the perpetrator is still on the run.
The act is reminiscent of another violent act in Offenburg last November.
St. Leon-Rot - According to the police, a student was killed in the violence at a school in St. Leon-Rot near Heidelberg.
According to the current status, it is assumed that the crime was committed in a relationship, the police said on Thursday.
The suspected perpetrator, a student, is on the run.
The police have launched a search.
According to current knowledge, there is no danger to other people.
An attempt was made to resuscitate the student at school - without success.
The school was evacuated and students were being cared for at a collection point, it said.
Rescue workers and a helicopter are in action.
According to information from the German Press Agency, emergency pastors, 15 to 20 police vehicles, criminal police and the fire department are on site.
The police initially did not provide any further information.
The act is reminiscent of another violent act in Offenburg last November.
At that time, a 15-year-old student shot a peer in a special needs school.
According to police, the German's attack took place in the suspect's ninth grade class.
The 15-year-old student came into his classroom and shot his classmate in the back of the head with a handgun.
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