A 17-year-old student is said to have attacked his classmates with stabbing weapons at a high school in Wuppertal. The alarm was triggered, the school was sealed off, evacuated and searched by heavily armed special forces.

30 psychologists will come to the school to work through what has happened with the students. According to the district government, the Wilhelm-Dörpfeld-Gymnasium in the Elberfeld district will be open on Friday, but there will be no classes for students directly affected.