German schools, for the most part, are noted for being 'safe'. You generally don't have gangs, or violence (at least to the rate that you'd see in California or Chicago).
So, yesterday (Monday)....this event unfolded at a school in Ostringen area (about 10 minutes driving SE of Heidelberg). SWR (public TV for the region) lays out the basic story. I should note....Ostringen isn't a metropolitan area or noted as a crime-intense area. Population of roughly 12k in the local area.
Police got called out to the secondary school in the area....13-year kid stabbed and in bad condition (has to be air-lifted out). Will survive apparently.
His attacker? Another seventh-grader.
Cops asked questions, and the witnesses suggest that for months, these two have had a dispute brewing.
To bring peace or ensure 'safety' for the remainder of the day....the police ended up with 60 cops at the scene. It is curious....school continued (act occurred around 10:30 AM), and majority of kids in the school remained. If it'd been a US school....they would have cancelled school for the rest of the day.
What'll happen now? More or less left out of the rest of the story. There's probably going to be a policeman or two at the school for the remainder of the school year. Some investigation will likely determine that something should have been done about the conflict back in August. 'Conflict resolution' will be crafted and taught to the school officials....to ensure this doesn't ever happen again.
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