At a press conference, the Mannheim police and the Heidelberg public prosecutor’s office informed about the killing spree at the University of Heidelberg:
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The gunman is an 18-year-old German. He was a biology student at the University of Heidelberg. He had no criminal record, lived in Mannheim, but no longer with his parents.
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Shortly before the crime, he sent a Whatsapp message to a person he knew. In it he threatened that “people must be punished”. However, he did not mention anyone by name.
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Before 12:24 p.m., the perpetrator began shooting in the lecture hall. He had two long guns – a side-by-side and a bolt-action rifle – and a backpack with 100 rounds of ammunition. He injured four people in the hall and fled outside. There he took his own life.
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The 18-year-old had bought the guns abroad a few days earlier. He didn’t have a gun license.
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A 23-year-old student suffered such serious injuries in a rampage in the lecture hall that she died a few hours later in the hospital. Two other students and one student aged 19 to 21 suffered minor leg, head and back injuries.
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That remains unclear. According to the police, what is special about the crime is that the perpetrator left the lecture hall after only three shots, even though he had filled a backpack with ammunition. It can therefore not be ruled out that a specific person should be hit.
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