Police guards the entrance of a school in Luenen, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Police say a student has been killed by a fellow pupil at a school in western Germany. Dortmund police said the incident happened Tuesday morning at a school in the nearby town of Luenen. Police said a minor has been arrested and investigations into the killing are ongoing. Students and teachers at the school are getting psychological counseling.
Police guards the entrance of a school in Luenen, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Police say a student has been killed by a fellow pupil at a school in western Germany. Dortmund police said the incident happened Tuesday morning at a school in the nearby town of Luenen. Police said a minor has been arrested and investigations into the killing are ongoing. Students and teachers at the school are getting psychological counseling. dpa via AP Bernd Thissen
Police guards the entrance of a school in Luenen, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Police say a student has been killed by a fellow pupil at a school in western Germany. Dortmund police said the incident happened Tuesday morning at a school in the nearby town of Luenen. Police said a minor has been arrested and investigations into the killing are ongoing. Students and teachers at the school are getting psychological counseling. dpa via AP Bernd Thissen

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Police: Student killed by fellow pupil at German school

The Associated Press

January 23, 2018 02:14 AM

BERLIN

A 15-year-old student has been arrested on suspicion of killing a fellow pupil at a school in western Germany, police said Tuesday.

Dortmund police said paramedics were called in the morning to the school in the nearby town of Luenen but were unable to resuscitate the 14-year-old victim.

The suspect was arrested shortly after the incident. Police said their investigations the circumstances of the killing are ongoing.

Relatives of the victim, students and teachers at the school were getting psychological counseling, police said.