| Cologne School Massacre |
Article Index for Cologne |
Limousines in Cologne |
Website Links For Cologne |
Information AboutCologne School Massacre |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT COLOGNE SCHOOL MASSACRE | |
| history of germany | |
| school massacres in germany | |
|
THE PERPETRATOR Walter Seifert apparently had a breakdown when his wife died in child birth several years before the massacre. He was reported to feel cheated by the governemnt and claimed they were trying to avoid giving him his war pension for his service in World War 2 WEAPONS
THE MASSACRE On June 11, Seifert took the flame-thrower and lance and entered the schoolyard. After blocking off the main gate, he pointed his flamethrower through a classroom window, setting the classroom - and many of its inhabitants - on fire. He was then confronted by a teacher, Gertrud Bollenrath, whom he stabbed with the lance. Apparently throughtout the attack he screamed "I am Adolf Hitler the Second!" After he left the schoolyard, he swallowed a poisonous insectide in hopes of commiting suicide before police could catch him. He was soon apprehended by police, but died in hospital the next day, thus commiting Suicide . VICTIMS ''Teachers:''
''Students:''
NOTES
|
|
|