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| A teenage gunman who killed 15 people in a German school and nearby had given an internet warning before he went on a shooting spree, German officials say. | A teenage gunman who killed 15 people in a German school and nearby had given an internet warning before he went on a shooting spree, German officials say. |
| They say Tim Kretschmer, aged 17, gave the warning in a chatroom before the killings in Winnenden on Wednesday. | They say Tim Kretschmer, aged 17, gave the warning in a chatroom before the killings in Winnenden on Wednesday. |
| Krestchmer killed 11 people in the school. He eventually shot himself after a shoot-out with police in the nearby town of Wendlingen. | Krestchmer killed 11 people in the school. He eventually shot himself after a shoot-out with police in the nearby town of Wendlingen. |
| Flags are flying at half-mast across Germany for those killed in the attack. | Flags are flying at half-mast across Germany for those killed in the attack. |
| At a news conference, Baden-Wurttemberg's Interior Minister Heribert Rech said the gunman had warned about his attack in a chatroom on a German internet portal. | At a news conference, Baden-Wurttemberg's Interior Minister Heribert Rech said the gunman had warned about his attack in a chatroom on a German internet portal. |
| He said the message read: "I've had enough. I'm fed up with this horrid life... Nobody knows what I'm capable of. I am scared, I have weapons here, and I will go to my former school tomorrow and then I will really do a grilling." | |
| The message then continued: "Possibly I get away, so keep your ears open, you will hear from me tomorrow. Just remember the name of the place, Winnenden." | |
| Mr Rech said a German man alerted police about the internet warning after the school shooting. | |
| The man said his teenage son only told him about the warning after seeing the news reports and had not taken the threat seriously. |