Police said a large-scale operation was underway on Thursday in the city of Wuppertal, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, after several students were injured.
According to Germany’s mass-circulation Bild newspaper, a student attacked fellow pupils with a knife. Five people were injured, according to police, as well as a suspect who was arrested at the scene.
“We are on-site with a large number of officers. There are injured school children,” Wuppertal police said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
No shots were fired during the incident at the high school. Officials did not release any initial information about the perpetrator or any weapons used and it is understood that a motive has yet to be established.
Police rushed to the scene
A police helicopter was seen circling over the school, while police officers carrying submachine guns were among the large group of emergency responders at the site.
Police said a contact point for relatives had been set up near the school in the Elberfeld district of the city.
The school, which specializes in ancient languages, has some 700 pupils.
