Woman seriously wounded in German school shooting, say police

Bremerhaven pupils barricade themselves in classrooms during attack by man reportedly armed with crossbow

Students at a school in Bremerhaven, northern Germany, used chairs and tables to barricade themselves in their classrooms after several shots were fired at the building, seriously injuring an adult woman.

Police in Bremerhaven say an armed attacker used an unidentified weapon to injure a female employee at the Lloyd Gymnasium secondary school on Thursday morning.