Teen, 16, arrested after two girls seriously wounded in German school ‘rampage’

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-08 · 14:24 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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A 16-year-old boy has been arrested following an attack at the Welfen grammar school in Schongau, Bavaria, on Wednesday. The incident resulted in two girls being seriously injured, though their lives are not in danger. Police described the attack as a suspected "rampage" and stated the perpetrator appeared to have deliberately targeted the school. The weapon used in the attack, whether a knife or otherwise, could not be confirmed by a police spokeswoman. Local police announced the arrest of a suspected perpetrator on social media, later identifying the individual as a 16-year-old boy.

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Police could not confirm press reports that the assailant used a knife.

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A 16-year-old suspect was arrested after an attack at a secondary school in Schongau, Bavaria.

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The injured girls' lives are not in danger.

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Two girls were seriously injured in the attack.

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The perpetrator deliberately targeted the Welfen grammar school in a suspected 'rampage'.

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At least two girls have been seriously wounded and a 16-year-old suspect arrested after an attack at a secondary school in the southern German state of Bavaria on Wednesday.The perpetrator appeared to have deliberately targeted the Welfen grammar school in the town of Schongau in a suspected “rampage”, a police spokeswoman said.She was unable to confirm press reports according to which the assailant used a knife in the attack.Local police said on their social media account that “a suspected perpetrator has been arrested”, later adding that this was a “16-year-old boy”.Initially the police had spoken of “several” injured and later on Wednesday afternoon said that “according to current information two girls have been seriously injured”.They said that the “girls’ lives are not in danger” and did not specify whether they were students at the school.

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