Dietmar Henning of World Socialist Web Site reports that on July 2,
16-year-old German student Florian K. (his full name has not been released by authorities, photo#1, photo#2) took "his own life in a classroom of the Coburg secondary school (see earlier story). During German lessons, Florian suddenly pulled a weapon and fired twice into the blackboard next to his teacher. The teacher and all of his classmates immediately fled from the classroom. The student then forced one 15-year-old classmate to remain in the room with him.

"A teacher who had been marking class tests in the room next door
attempted to talk to the boy to dissuade him from firing his gun again. A
police spokesman reported, 'During the exchange of words a shot went off.' The teacher was hit in the thigh but was able to escape from the room.

"Behind the classroom's closed door, the boy produced another weapon from his backpack and fatally shot himself in the head in front of his 15-year-old classmate.

"With the information available at this point, it is difficult for an
outsider to say exactly what precise circumstances led the youth to take his own life. The police have yet to release the results of their inquiries, but everything indicates that Florian K. was increasingly gripped by despair resulting from pressure at school.

"The circumstances of his life, which still have to be officially
confirmed, indicate that he was a disturbed young person. Nevertheless,
there is as yet no explanation for what would drive him to suicide. Speaking at the Coburg school, Bavaria's minister of culture Monika Hohlmeier (CSU-Christian Social Union) reported that probably 'changes took place in his surroundings" recently. She stated that he had begun to associate himself with occultism or maybe even Satanism. He listened to heavy-metal music and wore black clothing."