The German school shooter

By Berni | March 12, 2009

Mar. 11 – Police identify 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer as the gunman who went on a shooting spree that started at his former school.

Kretschmer took a 9-millimetre Beretta legally registered to his father from the family home. He killed 15 people before shooting himself, say police.

Joanna Partridge, Reuters

SOUNDBITES:

Eileen Toraman, Student at Albertville-Realschule, saying (German): "I found out that one of my friends from the 10th class died. He had a broken leg so he couldn’t run away. The rest of them jumped out of the window. Another one of my friends broke his leg, because they jumped from the third floor. That was my classroom, but not my class. It’s just.. I don’t know why."
Eileen Toraman, Student at Albertville-Realschule, saying (German): "He was an average, totally normal guy. He didn’t really stand out, he wasn’t a recluse either. He was totally normal, he was also nice, sweet. He had friends, good grades, he finished school here."

The German school shooter

questions

  1. What is happening here?
  2. Who gathered outside he school?
  3. Where did Tim Kretschmer go and at what time?
  4. How was he dressed?
  5. Where was the 13th victim killed?
  6. Who sis he take with him in the car?
  7. How was he finally killed?
  8. Who else was killed in the shoot out?
  9. How far from the school was he killed?
  10. Where did he get the gun?

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