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A gunman has killed 16 people and injured many more in a German school before being shot by the police. Photo by Spiegel
Sixteen people were killed Wednesday in a shooting spree at a school in the German town of Winnenden, police spokeswoman Renate Roesch told CNN.
At least seven people were injured. The gunman is dead, she said.
Tim Kretschmer, 17, began his rampage at a school where he used to be a student in Winnenden, a small town about 20 kilometers (12 miles) northeast of Stuttgart.
About 1,000 children are thought to attend the school. Police said the gunman was dressed in military gear.
The chief reporter of the Stuttgart Journal newspaper, Kevin Latzel, told the BBC that there was a lot of confusion at the scene of the shooting.
"It's very horrible... the parents are crying, the pupils are crying and a lot of police is there and nobody knows really what happened," he said.
"They are very afraid, the pupils are calling their parents and the parents they want to pick [them] up but they can't do this, the parents they are not allowed to get into the classrooms," he added.
The attack is reported to have begun at about 0945 (0845 GMT).
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