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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 rampage, 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 rampage, 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. |
| Kretschmer killed 12 people in the school and three others in the nearby town of Wendlingen. He then shot himself after a shoot-out with police. | Kretschmer killed 12 people in the school and three others in the nearby town of Wendlingen. He then shot himself after a shoot-out with police. |
| Police say chatroom users did not take the comments seriously at the time. | Police say chatroom users did not take the comments seriously at the time. |
| At a news conference, Baden-Wurttemberg's Interior Minister Heribert Rech said the gunman had spoken of 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 spoken of 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... Always the same. People are laughing at me... No-one sees my potential... I am scared, I have weapons here, and I will go to my former school tomorrow and then I will really do a grilling." | He said the message read: "I've had enough. I'm fed up with this horrid life... Always the same. People are laughing at me... No-one sees my potential... 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 internet warning is revealed | The internet warning is revealed |
| 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. | Mr Rech said a German man alerted police about the internet warning after the school shooting. |
| The man said his teenage son told him about the warning only after seeing the news reports. He had not previously taken the threat seriously. | The man said his teenage son told him about the warning only after seeing the news reports. He had not previously taken the threat seriously. |
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| Officials say Kretschmer fired more than 100 shots during the attack on his former school. | Officials say Kretschmer fired more than 100 shots during the attack on his former school. |
| They say he still had more than 130 rounds of ammunition left when he was cornered by police and shot himself. | They say he still had more than 130 rounds of ammunition left when he was cornered by police and shot himself. |
| Prosecutors say they may charge Kretschmer's father for failing to secure the gun used by the teenager in the attack. | Prosecutors say they may charge Kretschmer's father for failing to secure the gun used by the teenager in the attack. |
| The officials also revealed that Kretschmer received psychiatric care in 2008. They said he was meant to continue an out-patient treatment but refused. | |
| On Wednesday, Tim Kretschmer fired 60 shots in the Albertville school's two classrooms, killing nine students and three teachers. | |
| He later shot dead three passers-by before turning the gun on himself. | |
| Flags are flying at half-mast across Germany on Thursday as a mark of respect for the victims of the shootings. | Flags are flying at half-mast across Germany on Thursday as a mark of respect for the victims of the shootings. |