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Special forces are in action at the Wilhelm-Dörpfeld-Gymnasium in Wuppertal-Elberfeld.
Several students were injured there.
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Several students were injured in an act of violence at a school in Wuppertal.
The police have arrested a suspect.
Heavily secured officers are on duty.
Wuppertal - According to police, four students were injured by an attacker in an act of violence at a school in Wuppertal.
The suspect was also injured, a police spokesman said.
The knife attack is said to have been carried out by a 17-year-old student.
North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) announced this to the Interior Committee of the Düsseldorf state parliament.
Nothing is known about his motive yet.
It is currently assumed that the perpetrator was an individual.
According to police, no shots were fired during the morning incident.
However, further details about what happened and the motive were initially unclear.
According to the “Bild” newspaper, a teenager is said to have attacked his classmates with a knife.
The police and fire brigade were on site with strong forces.
The building was evacuated and searched.
“The students are safe and are being looked after,” the officials wrote on Platform X. The evacuation was carried out in an orderly manner.
According to the police, a contact point for parents has been set up.
Many students seemed visibly shaken by what was happening.
They were picked up by their parents.
The police helicopter circles over the school in Wuppertal.
© Christoph Reichwein/dpa
As the police announced, it was the Wilhelm-Dörpfeld-Gymnasium in the Elberfeld district - very centrally located in the city.
The operation began at 9:52 a.m.
The area was largely cordoned off, as a dpa reporter reported.
A police helicopter circled in the air.
Among the numerous emergency services there were also officers with submachine guns.
Pastors could also be seen.
dpa