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Cologne school massacre

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Attentat von Volkhoven Gedenktafel (0060)
Attentat von Volkhoven Gedenktafel (0060)

The Cologne school massacre was a mass murder that occurred at the Catholic elementary school (German: katholische Volksschule) located in the suburb of Volkhoven in Cologne, West Germany on 11 June 1964. The perpetrator, Walter Seifert, also known as "Der Feuerteufel von Volkhoven" ("Firedevil of Volkhoven"), attacked the people at the school with a home-made flamethrower and a spear, killing eight pupils and two teachers, and wounding twenty-two others. When police arrived at the scene, he fled from the school compound and poisoned himself. He was taken to a hospital, where he died the same evening.

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Cologne school massacre
Volkhovener Weg, Cologne Volkhoven (Chorweiler)

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Volkhovener Weg 209
50765 Cologne, Volkhoven (Chorweiler)
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Attentat von Volkhoven Gedenktafel (0060)
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