A glance at school violence across the globe in recent years

A student armed with an ax and Molotov cocktails attacked his high school in southern Germany on Thursday. Here is a glance at some of the worst school violence worldwide in recent years:

A decade after Columbine, massacre still grips world’s attention as ‘iconic’ school assault

LITTLETON, Colo. — Teenage gunmen spilled the blood of children before Columbine, in Alaska, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oregon. After Columbine, more blood was shed in Minnesota and California, in Germany and Finland.

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