There was a killing spree on the campus of Heidelberg University on Monday afternoon. A lone gunman injured four people with a gun in a lecture hall at the medical school at 12:35 p.m., the police said. One of the four victims was critically injured, it said in security circles. The perpetrator is said to have shot himself.
According to dpa information, the man himself was a student. According to initial findings, he had no political or religious motives, it said. He even had several guns with him. An acute threat situation apparently no longer exists.
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The police said: “We are not assuming that there will be other perpetrators.” To be on the safe side, the site will continue to be searched. There was initially no information on the identity of the injured.
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The Neuenheimer Feld in front of the gates of Heidelberg’s old town is currently cordoned off over a large area. According to information from Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk (SWR), the university has asked its students by email not to come there at the moment. There is still a huge police force on site, and SEK forces are combing various buildings.
The police also asked motorists to drive around the site so that rescue workers can drive freely. It is a new building area. There are, among other things, the botanical garden and parts of the university hospital. (tsp, agencies)
