Crime in Germany: Erfurt Massacre, Winnenden School Shooting, Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen, Bremen School Shooting, Gladbeck Hostage Crisis  (English, Paperback, LLC Books, LLC Books, Source Wikipedia)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher\'s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Erfurt Massacre, Winnenden School Shooting, Riot of Rostock-Lichtenhagen, Bremen School Shooting, Gladbeck Hostage Crisis, Cologne School Massacre, Thomas Wolf. Excerpt: The Bremen school shooting was a school shooting that occurred on June 20, 1913 at St. Mary\'s Catholic School (St.-Marien-Schule ) in Walle, a quarter of Bremen , Germany . The gunman, 30-year-old unemployed teacher Heinz Schmidt from Sülze , indiscriminately shot at students and teachers, causing the death of five girls and wounding more than 20 other people, before trying to escape the scene. A furious crowd outside the school eventually subdued him and he was arrested by police. Shooting At approximately 11:00 a.m. Heinz Schmidt (other sources referring to him as Ernst Friedrich Schmidt and Erich Schmidt ) entered St. Mary\'s Catholic School, armed with six to ten revolvers or Browning pistols (depending on sources) and about 1000 rounds of ammunition, which he had bought several weeks prior to the shooting. Because of the large number of rounds, the owner of the gun-shop, where Schmidt had bought his arsenal, deemed it necessary to contact police, though the incident was not found to be important and thus not further investigated. In the hallway Schmidt was stopped by Marie Pohl, a teacher at the school, who, seeing his psyched condition, questioned him about his business at school. Without answer, Schmidt proceeded to shoot at her, grazing her head. He then entered a classroom on the first floor occupied by 65 girls, mostly those who were 6 or 7 years old, and immediately began firing at them. Also shooting at the children after they hid under their tables the gunman hit 15 of them and instantly killed two. When the girls fled out of the classroom, Schmidt followed them, still shooting. While trying to esca...