-Caveat Lector- German Teen Fires Gun in Class .c The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- A 15-year-old boy who had threatened a teacher with a pistol that fires plastic bullets came back the next day and shot at a student during class before fleeing the school, police reported Sunday. No one was injured in the incidents last week in the town of Velten, just north of Berlin. Police said the student used a ``soft-air pistol,'' which looks like a real gun but shoots plastic rounds using compressed air. The student, identified only as Manuel G., came into class on Thursday and pointed the gun at a teacher's head. School officials did not report him, however, until Friday, after the shot was fired at the student, police said. A search of Manuel's room turned up the pistol, two slingshots, several knives and ammunition, as well as an old German war flag, newspapers from the Nazi era and a school notebook with the letters ``SS'' written on it, the initials of the elite Nazi units responsible for many wartime atrocities. All items were confiscated. A police spokeswoman said she had no information as to the teen's motives. He was questioned and released to the custody of his parents. Prosecutors are considering charges, she said, and the investigation is continuing. The incident came just two weeks after two U.S. teen-agers killed 13 people at a high school in Colorado before turning their guns on themselves. That attack, one of a string of similar incidents in the United States, shocked many in Germany as well, especially because of the teens' reported admiration of Adolf Hitler. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
