Coburg shooting
{{Short description|July 2003 school massacre attempt in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox civilian attack
| location = Coburg, Bavaria, Germany
| date = 2 July 2003
| target = Realschule II
| type = School shooting
| weapon = Walther PPK pistol
| fatalities = 1 (the perpetrator)
| injuries = 1
| perpetrator = Florian Klein
| motive = Unknown
}}
The Coburg shooting was an attempted school killing at Realschule II in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany during the morning of 2 July 2003.
History
Florian Klein shot a school psychologist in the thigh when she attempted to take the gun from him.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pupil-kills-himself-in-school-shooting-585557.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026025854/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pupil-kills-himself-in-school-shooting-585557.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=26 October 2012
|title=Pupil kills himself in school shooting
|date=3 July 2003
|accessdate= 12 March 2009
| work=The Independent
| location=London
| first=Tony
| last=Paterson}} According to police reports, he then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stern.de/tv/sterntv/coburg-amoklauf-schueler-schiesst-auf-lehrerin-und-toetet-sich-danach-selbst-509976.html |title=Amoklauf – Schüler schießt auf Lehrerin und tötet sich danach selbst |access-date=25 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308181515/http://www.stern.de/tv/sterntv/coburg-amoklauf-schueler-schiesst-auf-lehrerin-und-toetet-sich-danach-selbst-509976.html |archive-date=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} Before he began shooting, Florian showed the gun to other students and passed around ammunition, which some students kept as souvenirs.
Perpetrator
Florian Klein (13 July 1986 – 2 July 2003), the gunman and student, fired his Walther PPK pistol at his teacher,[https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article243834/Amoklauf_an_der_Realschule_in_Coburg.html Amoklauf an der Realschule in Coburg] who was unarmed. The gun was owned by Florian's father, who was a member of a local gun club. Media speculation further implicated Florian in Satanist cult activities{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/sptv/magazin/0,1518,256016,00.html |title=Der Amokläufer von Coburg |date=July 2003 |accessdate=12 March 2009 |language=German |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050503235600/http://www.spiegel.de/sptv/magazin/0%2C1518%2C256016%2C00.html |archivedate=3 May 2005 }} and was a fan of Dark Funeral.[http://www.dominocoburg.de/Jahresberichte/2004/Jahresbericht%20mob%2004.html Studientage: „Sekten und dunkle Jugendkulturen“] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718231437/http://www.dominocoburg.de/Jahresberichte/2004/Jahresbericht%20mob%2004.html |date=18 July 2011}}
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Category:2003 crimes in Germany
Category:Suicides by firearm in Germany
Category:Crimes involving Satanism or the occult