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Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt

Robert Steinhäuser kills 16 at Gutenberg-Gymnasium in Erfurt

2002 mass shooting in Germany
🗓️ 26 April 2002

The Erfurt school massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 26 April 2002 at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium, a secondary school in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany. 19-year-old expelled student Robert Steinhäuser shot and killed 16 people, including a police officer before killing himself. One person was also wounded by a bullet fragment. According to students, he ignored them and aimed only for the teachers and administrators, although two students were unintentionally killed by shots fired through a locked door.

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