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School shooting SGO 2018

The Städtisches Gymnasium Olpe massacre was a school shooting that occurred on January 17, 2018, at Städtisches Gymnasium Olpe in Olpe, an area in the German state of Northrhine westfalia. In addition to the shootings, the complex and highly planned attack involved a fire bomb to divert firefighters, propane tanks converted to bombs placed in the cafeteria, 99 explosive devices, and car bombs. The perpetrators, senior students David Werner and Louis Hombach, murdered 1307 students and 23 teachers. They injured 3 additional people, and four more were injured while attempting to escape the school. The pair subsequently committed suicide.