BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- A teenage student wielding an ax, two knives, and three Molotov ****tails attacked several children at his school in southern Germany Thursday, wounding nine before he was arrested, police said.
Two children were seriously wounded, as was the 18-year-old attacker, who was shot by police when they tried to arrest him, police spokeswoman Eike Schoenwald told CNN. Seven other children were slightly wounded, she said.
The teenager, whose name was not released, launched the attack at the Gymnasium Carolinum in Ansbach, which is midway between Frankfurt and Munich, said Ralf Koch, a spokesman for the Bavarian police.
Between 600 and 700 students attend the school, which includes grades seven through 13. The attacker was in the 13th grade, police said.
Police said they received an emergency call at 8:35 a.m. (2:35 a.m. ET). When they got to the school, they immediately smelled smoke in the building, and they then encountered the attacker in a hallway.
The teenager had lobbed two Molotov ****tails into classrooms, one of which caused a fire, said Udo Dreher of the local police. He had also attacked several students with the ax and knives, Dreher said.
Police shot the teenager several times because he threatened the police officers, said Joachim Herrmann, the minister of the interior for the state of Bavaria, where Ansbach is located. The siege ended at 8:46 a.m., he said.
The attacker suffered life-threatening wounds and is now being treated at a hospital, police spokesman Peter Grimm said.
The school was evacuated and all the children were moved to an employment center in Ansbach, Koch said.
This kid must have some serious mental problems. I wonder if his parents mistreated him throughout his adolecent life. I think maltovs and an axe are a strange combo. I also wonder if shooting the kid was one of the last choices or if it was necessary.
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If the students had been allowed to carry guns to school maybe this event could have been ended a lot sooner... He should not have been brought to a hospital or served any medical treatment and his parents should be billed for the any damage/inconvenience that the school suffered.
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How did they not notice the kid had an axe? or molotov ****tails you would have thought they would have realized he had them at some point before hey used them.
The kids at Columbine where unnoticed too. He could have easily concealed the axe in a large over coat possibly underneath his pants. The Molotov****tails could have been placed in a backpack with then two knives.
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yea, this is pretty bad. But columbine was much worse. I read a different article on this and according to them, no one was killed. The police shot the kid in the legs to stop him, so they didnt kill him. Also, it said it lasted about 10 minutes.
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