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Pupils injured in Germany attack Firebomb attack on German school
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Police have arrested a man after several children were injured in an attack at a German school. German police have arrested a teenager who attacked pupils at his Bavaria school with petrol bombs and an axe.
The 19-year-old former pupil at the Carolinum secondary school in Ansbach, Bavaria, was overpowered by police after the attack, officials said. Ten pupils at Carolinum secondary school in Ansbach were injured before the attacker was shot and overpowered by police, officials said.
Various reports - unconfirmed so far - said the man was armed with petrol bombs and an axe. The 18-year-old male had set off two explosive devices on Thursday morning in the school, which is near Nuremberg, fire officials said.
Ten pupils and teachers were reportedly wounded, but none of the injuries was thought to be life threatening. The incident is the second major attack on a German school in six months.
Police are currently searching the school near Nuremberg, which has some 600 pupils and was evacuated after the incident. In March, 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer opened fire on pupils and teachers at his former school in Winnenden, south-west Germany, killing 15.
Attempted murder
Police entered the Ansbach school shortly after Thursday morning's attack was reported and shot the attacker before arresting him, German television reported.
GERMAN SCHOOL ATTACKS 2009: Tim Kretschmer, 17, kills 15 people at his former school in Winnenden, south-west Germany, before killing himself. 2006: A former pupil injures 11 students at a school in western town of Emsdetten before turning the gun on himself. 2002: A former pupil kills 17 people in his school in the eastern city of Erfurt, then kills himself. Timeline of school shootingsGERMAN SCHOOL ATTACKS 2009: Tim Kretschmer, 17, kills 15 people at his former school in Winnenden, south-west Germany, before killing himself. 2006: A former pupil injures 11 students at a school in western town of Emsdetten before turning the gun on himself. 2002: A former pupil kills 17 people in his school in the eastern city of Erfurt, then kills himself. Timeline of school shootings
"The attacker has been arrested, is injured and is on the way to hospital," Peter Grimm, a spokesman for Nuremberg police, told German rolling news channel N24."The attacker has been arrested, is injured and is on the way to hospital," Peter Grimm, a spokesman for Nuremberg police, told German rolling news channel N24.
In March, 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer opened fire on pupils and teachers at his former school in Winnenden, south-west Germany, killing 15. The 18-year-old student was being held on suspicion of attempted murder, prosecutor Gudrun Lehnberger told the Associated Press news agency.
Earlier reports had said the attacker, who is seriously ill in hospital, was 19 and a former pupil at the school.
The Ansbach school, which has around 700 pupils, was evacuated shortly after the attack and is being investigated by police.
Germany suffered its worst-ever school-shooting in 2002 when a former pupil at a school in the eastern city of Erfurt killed 14 teachers, two pupils and a police officer.Germany suffered its worst-ever school-shooting in 2002 when a former pupil at a school in the eastern city of Erfurt killed 14 teachers, two pupils and a police officer.