Two dead in 'violent incident' at school near Berlin, local media says
Regional public broadcaster RBB and a local daily said the alarm had been raised at a secondary school in the town of Gosen-Neu Zittau, just outside the German capital.
A domestic violence incident at a school near Berlin resulted in the deaths of two individuals, according to local police. The Brandenburg state police arrested a 19-year-old German man, who is believed to be the prime suspect. The victims include an 18-year-old secondary school female student and a 30-year-old man who died while attempting to intervene.
The suspect is reportedly the ex-boyfriend of the 18-year-old victim. Ulrike Liedtke, the speaker of Brandenburg's regional parliament, called the incident a "cowardly femicide." State premier Dietmar Woidke described it as an "imagineable act of violence." The school's managing director, Michael Kunz, announced that classes will be cancelled on Friday, but the school will remain open for students who wish to attend.
Kunz stated that the school aims to provide a safe space for students to process the traumatic event. In a similar attack last month, two girls were seriously wounded, and a 16-year-old suspect was arrested at a secondary school in southern Germany.
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