Wuppertal
17-year-old continues to receive treatment after a shooting
On Thursday, a student stabbed four classmates. The police then monitored the high school. photo
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The shooting at a high school in Wuppertal sparked horror across the country. The question of why is still unanswered. The results of a psychiatric report are still pending.
The results of the 17-year-old’s psychiatric examination are still pending. According to investigators, there is evidence of mental illness in the young person. If the report shows that the suspect needs psychiatric care, he will submit a new application to the Wuppertal district court to convert the arrest warrant against the German-Turkish high school student for two counts of attempted murder and two counts of grievous bodily harm into a detention order, explained Penders.
In this case, the suspect, if he is able to be transported, would be taken to a psychiatric hospital or a forensic facility for mentally ill criminals. Of course, he is not free now, but has been in custody since Friday and under the watch of prison guards, the public prosecutor emphasized.
Four students were stabbed last Thursday at the Wilhelm-Dörpfeld-Gymnasium in Wuppertal. The suspected student is said to have suddenly attacked his classmates in a high school break room that morning with a folding knife with a blade up to eight centimeters long. Three students suffered shock. The 17-year-old is said to have injured himself with a knife. A Düsseldorf police homicide squad is investigating the case. 16 students and one teacher are considered witnesses.