The police in Essen are investigating possible planned crimes at two schools against a 16-year-old. “We can confirm that the suspect is a 16-year-old German student at the Don Bosco High School,” the police wrote on Twitter. A police spokeswoman said German press agencya SEK commando searched the high school student’s apartment early in the morning.
The police spokeswoman said: “Fortunately nothing happened at the schools. The direction in which it might have gone is now being determined.” The youth is currently in police custody.
The operations with searches at the Don-Bosco-Gymnasium in Essen-Borbeck and at the secondary school at Borbeck Castle were still running in the morning, as the spokeswoman said. The suspect is currently a high school student and had previously attended secondary school.
“We received indications that a crime was planned in the school,” said the website of the Catholic Don Bosco School, which has almost 800 students. “In order to examine the school for evidence, we had to block access to the school today in consultation with the police.”
the picture-Newspaper and The West report, citing the police, that the student had planned a killing spree. The SEK would have overwhelmed the 16-year-old in his sleep. Pipe bombs and other weapons were discovered in the apartment.