2 girls attacked with weapon at Germany school, teenager arrested

Police tape cordoning off Welfen High School, Schongau, Germany, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)

A 16-year-old boy found carrying weapons was arrested after allegedly wounding two 13-year-old girls at a German high school Wednesday, police said. The suspect was carrying a knife and a firearm, but it wasn’t immediately clear how he wounded the two girls, Bavarian police said. Police added that the suspect is believed to have acted alone and the lives of the victims weren’t in danger.Bavaria’s state interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, said that the suspect had received psychiatric treatment in the past. He didn’t give further details, but said he was a Croatian national who was living with his parents. AP