Hostage situation at German school

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[newsperson999]

Armed man holding teachers and students..not many details yet

[newsperson999]

also..any more info on the bmobing in germany this morning?

[SamAdams76]

It would appear that terrorism is spreading world-wide.

[OldFriend]

Did you mean the bombing in Manilla? Haven't heard about Germany........

Pray for all those who will die as clinton's legacy becomes clear.

[EggsAckley]

ach, du lieber!!

[Catspaw]

Yes, it is. One doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what would come in the wake of those messages from bin Laden and Zawahiri.

[Catspaw]

Gunman Takes Hostages in Germany

.c The Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - A gunman took several hostages Friday at a school in southeastern Germany, police said.

The man was believed to be holding both teachers and students in the school in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart, police said.

They said he took the hostages at around 3 p.m.

[Puppage]

Wait..there's no guns in Germany. How could this happen? Maybe they have ballistic fingerprinting? That'll solve this crime in no time!!!

[CatoRenasci]

Or, as they used to say: You don't have to be a Weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing...

[CatoRenasci]

I wonder which school it was? A friend of mine taught at the Realschule in Waiblingen in the early '70s. Nice little town, still had good parts of its medieval wall and lots of great little Weinstuben.

[Hatteras]

He's holding them hostage using the honor system. If they cooperate today, he won't come back later and do horrible things later.

[Catspaw]

I have a feeling that it's just beginning. This time, unlike 1993 and 1998, we're paying a whole lot more attention. It doesn't happen to somebody else someplace else. It happened to us and we're still...er....mad.

[newsperson999]

msnbc e-mail news alert 3 hours ago


MSNBC Breaking News

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Blast rocks German city
An explosion has rocked the center of the German city of Cologne, police tell Reuters

[erikm88]

That's what I was thinking....

so much for gun control eh????

When will liberals "get it?"

--erik

[Catspaw]

I don't know yet. As soon as there's an update, I'll let you know.

My uncle was stationed in Stuttgart during the cold war (I'd say it was in the early 60's) and my aunt and cousins loved the region.

[Catspaw]

A bombing in Cologne? Another bombing in Manila? OMG!

[Lejes Rimul]

Hostage-Taking at German School - Police
11 minutes ago

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - German police said on Friday that there had been a hostage-taking at a school in Stuttgart in southwestern Germany.



The police gave no further details.


A local radio station quoted an eye-witness as saying the hostage-taker was a student armed with a weapon and said the area around the school had been cleared.

[Puppage]

When they are dead. And, I say that with no malice whatsoever.

[McGruff]

OCTOBER 18, 11:19 ET
Gunman Takes Hostages in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A gunman took several hostages Friday at a school in southeastern Germany, police said.

The man was believed to be holding both teachers and students in the school in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart, police said.

They said he took the hostages at around 3 p.m.

[LeftIsSinister]

Now they think the one in Germany was a gas explosion:

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L18516426

(found through http://news.google.com search on "cologne bomb")