A major police operation at the vocational college in Kempen has now ended. During a search of the school building, special police forces were unable to identify any threat. The students who were temporarily gathered in a gymnasium are now allowed to go home. If they are still minors, their parents can pick them up.
In the afternoon, a press spokesman for the Düsseldorf police announced that there had been indications of a possible shooting on social media.
Evidence of a possible shooting at a vocational college
In the meantime it was said that possible perpetrators were obviously on site. According to the Viersen police, the situation is now “calm” and “calm”. Several dozen police officers were still on site. According to WDR information, a police helicopter was also said to have been in action.
The police are now talking about an “abstract threat” on social networks, but there was no concrete threat.
