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There was a knife attack at a school in Wuppertal.
The police were able to arrest a suspect.
And gave further details.
Update from February 22nd, 7:10 p.m.:
According to the district government, the high school should be open on Friday, the day after the incident.
However, there would be no classes for those directly affected.
30 psychologists are supposed to help the students process the events of the previous day.
The investigators are now assuming an amok act, according to a police spokesman.
Update from February 22nd, 5:05 p.m.: According to
dpa
reports,
several students suffered stab injuries.
The Düsseldorf police spoke of four people affected.
The 17-year-old suspect himself and two classmates are seriously injured in the intensive care unit and are receiving medical care, according to a spokesman for the Wuppertal public prosecutor's office.
Update from February 22nd, 2:45 p.m.:
In Wuppertal-Elberfeld, a teenager seriously injured several students and himself with a stabbing weapon in a school on Thursday.
The suspect sustained life-threatening injuries and is in custody, a spokesman for the Düsseldorf police headquarters said.
Several students were seriously but not life-threateningly injured in the alleged attack, it said.
There is no longer any danger for students.
Knife attack at school in Wuppertal: Suspect (17) is probably acutely mentally ill
According to the police spokesman, preliminary information suggests that around four to five students were injured.
The police assume that the perpetrator had a “connection to the school”.
In this context, the spokesman referred to a recent message from the school management to parents, according to which the alleged attacker was a 17-year-old high school student with an acute mental illness.
According to the police, the crime was committed with a stabbing weapon; further details about this and other details were not initially available.
A major operation was underway at the affected high school.
“The building has been evacuated - the students are safe and are being looked after,” said the emergency services.
Update from February 22nd, 2:16 p.m.:
After the knife attack in a Wuppertal high school, North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) gave details about the alleged perpetrator.
The attack is said to have been carried out by a 17-year-old student, Reul said on Thursday (February 22) in the Interior Committee of the Düsseldorf state parliament.
Nothing is yet known about his motive.
According to the North Rhine-Westphalian Interior Minister, it is currently assumed that the perpetrator was an individual.
Update from February 22nd, 1:32 p.m.:
Further details about the attack at a school in Wuppertal-Elberfeld are leaking out.
Citing the police,
WDR
gave details about the alleged perpetrator.
It is said to be a high school student.
He was also injured in the attack.
When asked by
IPPEN.MEDIA,
a spokeswoman for the Düsseldorf Police Headquarters “neither wanted to confirm nor deny this”.
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The police are currently searching the entire school building.
It has now been evacuated and, according to police, “the students are safe”.
Attack at school in Wuppertal: Several students are injured - suspect arrested by police
Update from February 22nd, 12:15 p.m.:
According to the police, several students were injured in a suspected attack at a school in Wuppertal (Elberfeld district) on Thursday (February 22nd).
The police were on site with many emergency services.
According to officials, the school has now been evacuated.
“The students are safe and are being looked after,” it said.
Special forces are deployed at a school.
Several students were injured at a school in Wuppertal.
© Press photo Otte/dpa
A suspect was temporarily arrested and was in custody, a spokesman for the Düsseldorf police headquarters said.
No official information was initially given about the number of injured, the alleged murder weapon or the suspect.
WDR reported that there were five
injured
students.
In addition, according to the report, a teacher who was in the school building said that the alleged perpetrator used a folding knife and scissors in his attack.
This information has not yet been officially confirmed.
The motive for the crime remains unclear.
Knife attack at school in Wuppertal: Several injured – “One suspect is certain”
First report from February 22nd, 10:52 a.m.:
Wuppertal – A police operation is currently underway at a school in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal.
There had apparently been a knife attack there.
This is
reported by several media outlets, including
Focus.de
and
Bild.de.
Police cars and ambulances are parked at a school in Wuppertal.
Several students were injured there.
According to police, a suspect has been arrested.
© Christoph Petersen/dpa
According to the police, there are “injured students”.
It was also said that one person had been arrested in connection with this.
The Wuppertal police literally wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “A suspect is safe.” According to the police, a “contact point for parents” was also set up in a parking lot near the school.
Bild
claims to have learned that a young person attacked several classmates
.
According to the report, at least four students were injured in the attack.
As
WDR
stated, the affected school is the Wilhelm-Dörpfeld-Gymnasium in Wuppertal-Elberfeld.
Accordingly, some students are still holed up in the classrooms.
The police special operations team is on site.
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(kh with afp/dpa)