School shooting tragedy in Germany
Today is a day of mourning for the unbelievable loss of 15 students, teachers, and innocent bystanders in Winnenden, town in southern Germany. This morning a 17 year old student entered the Albertville secondary school with a gun and started shooting teachers and students, mostly women. Afterwards, as the suspect fled, he shot three other people, until he was killed in a neighbouring town. The event has left the entire country of Germany in shock, as well as many others in the rest of Europe and across the world. This event is so similar to the many school shootings that have occurred in the United States, and has similarities to the Montreal shooting at the École Polytechnique in 1989 in which women were specifically targeted. There are no words that can describe the loss felt in Winnenden. As with the Montreal massacre, people were left with many questions on how and why a single individual could been motivated to cause violence on such a massive scale. My deepest sympathy and condolences goes out the families of the 15 people who lost their lives today. These are losses that no one should have to endure.