German school shooting leaves one person wounded, children safe

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BERLIN, May 19(ABC): Shots were fired at a German school in the northern city of Bremerhaven on Thursday and one person, who was not a student, was wounded, police said, adding an armed person had been taken into custody.

On its website, the Lloyd Gymnasium, which has around 1,150 students, posted a notice saying: “Dear parents, your children are safe.” It gave a phone number that parents could call for further information.

German daily Bild said the injured person, who has been taken to hospital, was a woman. That could not immediately be confirmed.

The police did not give any details of the person who was detained.