An armed teenager who went on the rampage at a secondary school in southwest Germany on Wednesday, eventually shot himself when police caught up with him. He killed at least nine school students and three teachers at the school. After the school shooting, he went on to kill another three people. Is it now time for Europe to tighten its gun laws?
German media report that the gunman was a 17-year-old former student at the school. Dressed in black combat gear, he entered the Albertville-Realschule in Winnenden, a town of 27,000 near Stuttgart, at around 08.30 UTC and began firing.
He was eventually injured by police at a car dealership roughly 30 km (20 miles) from the school. With no where to go, he eventually turned the gun on himself. Two passers-by died in the final shootout and two policemen were seriously wounded. The total death toll to 16 including the gunman.