Coburg shooting

Coburg shooting
Location	Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
Date	2 July 2003
Target	Realschule II
Attack type	School shooting
Weapon	Walther PPK pistol
Deaths	1 (the perpetrator)
Injured	1
Perpetrator	Florian Klein
Motive	Unknown

The Coburg shooting was an attempted school killing at Realschule II in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany during the morning of 2 July 2003.

History

Florian Klein shot a school psychologist in the thigh when she attempted to take the gun from him. ^[1] According to police reports, he then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. ^[2] Before he began shooting, Florian showed the gun to other students and passed around ammunition, which some students kept as souvenirs.

Perpetrator

Florian Klein (13 July 1986 – 2 July 2003), the gunman and student, fired his Walther PPK pistol at his teacher, ^[3] who was unarmed. The gun was owned by Florian's father, who was a member of a local gun club. Media speculation further implicated Florian in Satanist cult activities ^[4] and was a fan of Dark Funeral. ^[5]

References

1. Paterson, Tony (3 July 2003). "Pupil kills himself in school shooting". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
2. "Amoklauf – Schüler schießt auf Lehrerin und tötet sich danach selbst". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
3. Amoklauf an der Realschule in Coburg
4. "Der Amokläufer von Coburg" (in German). July 2003. Archived from the original on 3 May 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
5. Studientage: „Sekten und dunkle Jugendkulturen“ Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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