isn't this the kind of thing (like serial killings) that used to happen only in the US? is Europe becoming "Americanized"?
New York TIMES / March 12, 2009 Teenage Gunman Kills 15 at School in Germany By CARTER DOUGHERTY and SHARON OTTERMAN WINNENDEN, Germany — At least 15 people, the majority of them girls and women, were killed when a teenage gunman clad in black stormed into a school in this town near Stuttgart on Wednesday morning and opened fire before fleeing to another town and killing himself after being wounded by the police. The attack left the country, which despite strong gun controls has seen several devastating school attacks in recent years, struggling to understand the carnage. Senior law enforcement officials descended on the area amid saturation news coverage. “This is a day of mourning for all of Germany,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a brief statement in Berlin. “Our thoughts are with the friends and families.” -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
