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DEGGENDORF, DECEMBER 2: Police in Germany have arrested three 14-year-old pupils for allegedly planning a bloodbath at their school, prosecutors have said.
The three youths `wanted to gain fame as mass murderers’, local Chief Prosecutor Guenther Albert said on Wednesday at the Bavarian town of Deggendorf.
The three boys were arrested in their classroom on Monday following a tip-off and are in custody facing charges of attempted murder, prosecutors said.
Police discovered detailed plans of the killings of teachers and fellow pupils at the school at Metten. Sex and violence videos were also seized from the boys’ bedrooms.
None of the pupils were carrying guns when they were arrested, but one of them had access to a registered firearm belonging to his father, investigators said.
Up to 15 other pupils were said to have known about the murder plans but none had told teachers or parents.
According to the investigations, one of the three youths fired a gun at a girl pupil at the school several weeks ago. The bullet missed her by several metres and hit a tree. She reported the incident to police only after hearing of the boys’ arrests.
