North Rhine-Westphalia: After the rampage at a vocational college: charges against 21-year-olds

Bielefeld (dpa / lnw) - Charges have been brought against a 21-year-old who is said to have planned an amok attack in a Bielefeld vocational college in June.

North Rhine-Westphalia: After the rampage at a vocational college: charges against 21-year-olds

Bielefeld (dpa / lnw) - Charges have been brought against a 21-year-old who is said to have planned an amok attack in a Bielefeld vocational college in June. A spokesman for the public prosecutor's office in Bielefeld said on Friday on request that the adolescent who was still adolescent at the time of the crime was accused of nine times dangerous bodily harm to students and teachers, eight of them as an attempt. In addition, he would be accused of coercion, threats, disturbance of the public peace through threats of criminal offenses and violations of the weapons law. The main hearing should begin on December 2nd at the District Court of Bielefeld - before the Juvenile Court. It is to be assumed that there is reduced culpability.

The then 20-year-old is said to have planned an amok spree and shot several times at the door of the staff room with a blank gun. According to earlier reports, there had been no injuries. A teacher had alerted the police, who had arrived with a large contingent, later special forces were added. The suspect fled to a flat roof, was overpowered there and later committed by a judge to a closed psychiatric ward. He announced his plan online. A search of the school building revealed Molotov cocktails, a dagger, a knife and two pistols.