Photo Gallery School Attack in Germany
Heavily armed police outside a school in the Bavarian town of Ansbach after an 18-year-old student threw a Molotov cocktails during an attack on classmates.
Police move towards the Carolinum High School in Ansbach, Bavaria on Thursday. A student was shot and arrested after attacking fellow students with an ax and throwing two bottles full of gasoline, injuring himself, one teacher and eight other students. The attack took place at 8:35 a.m., and police responded within minutes.
Police shot the 18-year-old suspect, who burned himself and two others badly during the assault Thursday morning.
More than 700 students attend the Carolinum High School...
... and all of them were evacuated after the attack as police searched the building for weapons and bombs.
The school is Bavaria's second-oldest. It is located in the middle of Ansbach's historic city center.
Police secured the evacuated school after the attack.
