What is Erfurt massacre?
[[Image:GutenbergGymErfurt.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Gutenberg Gymnasium]] [[Image:Gutenberg-gymnasium-erfurt september 2005 005.jpg|thumb|220px|right|A memorial to the victims of the Erfurt massacre]] The '''Erfurt massacre''' was a [[mass shooting]] that happened at the Gutenberg [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] in [[Erfurt]], [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]], on 26 April 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-26|title=How a school shooting 15 years ago changed Germany|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20170426/how-a-school-shooting-15-years-ago-changed-germany/|access-date=2021-07-13|website=The Local Germany|language=en-US}}</ref> A boy that had been [[expulsion (education)|expelled]] from the school 2 months earlier, 19-year-old Robert Steinhäuser, was the person who did all the shooting. In anger, he came into the gymnasium, and shot dead 12 teachers, a [[secretary]], two students, and a [[police officer]]. After a teacher caught him and put him in an empty room, Steinhäuser [[suicide|shot himself dead]]. In total, 17 people were killed.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-04-29|title=Killer's secret behind revenge attack|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/29/schools.education|access-date=2021-07-13|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> According to students, he ignored them and aimed only for the teachers and administrators, although two students were unintentionally killed by shots fired through a locked door.{{cn|date=January 2024}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:2002 in Europe]] [[Category:2000s in Germany]] [[Category:2000s murders in Europe]] [[Category:April 2002 events]] [[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in Germany]] [[Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in the 2000s]] [[Category:Attacks on schools in Europe]] [[Category:Erfurt|Massacre]] [[Category:High school shootings]] <!--[[Category:History of Thuringia]]--> [[Category:Mass murder in Germany]] [[Category:Mass murder in the 2000s]] [[Category:Mass shootings in Europe]] [[Category:Mass shootings i