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German Police Arrest 15-Year-Old For Killing Classmate

German police arrested a 15-year-old who on Tuesday allegedly killed a schoolmate, with the motive still unclear. Media reports said the teenager did not resist … Continue reading German Police Arrest 15-Year-Old For Killing Classmate


A pupil of the Kaethe-Kollwitz school is comforted by a woman on January 23, 2018, in Luenen, western Germany, after the police arrested a 15-year-old teen who allegedly killed a 14-year-old schoolmate, with the motive still unclear. Prosecutors said preliminary investigations suggest that the teenager was not planning a rampage at the school in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Marcel Kusch / dpa / AFP
A pupil of the Kaethe-Kollwitz school is comforted by a woman on January 23, 2018, in Luenen, western Germany, after the police arrested a 15-year-old teen who allegedly killed a 14-year-old schoolmate, with the motive still unclear. Prosecutors said preliminary investigations suggest that the teenager was not planning a rampage at the school in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.             Marcel Kusch / dpa / AFP

German police arrested a 15-year-old who on Tuesday allegedly killed a schoolmate, with the motive still unclear.

Media reports said the teenager did not resist when police tracked him down through a helicopter search and arrested him.

Prosecutors said preliminary investigations suggest that the boy was not planning a rampage at the school in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Police added that they were unable to give details of the wounds that caused the 14-year-old victim’s death.

“The investigation is ongoing,” added police of the killing at the Kaethe Kollwitz high school with 1,000 students.

German media said both boys were German citizens, with the suspect also holding Kazakh nationality.

According to Bild daily, the suspect stabbed the victim in the neck with a knife in front of his mother.

A minute’s silence will be held Wednesday at midday in the school and at the city hall of Luenen.

AFP