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From Newsday.com (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...07323,print.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines)
Dutch Teacher Shot in the Head by Student
By TOBY STERLING Associated Press Writer
January 13, 2004, 12:29 PM EST
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A high school student walked into his school's crowded cafeteria and shot his biology teacher point-blank in the head Tuesday, badly wounding him. The shooting came as a shock to many in this country, where gun violence is rare.
The student, a 17-year-old youth with a reputation of being a troublemaker, reportedly had been punished for misbehavior a few days earlier. His victim was also the deputy principal of Stevincollege, a school in the southwest part of this city.
A student who was in the cafeteria at the time said she first mistook the gunshot for "fireworks." "I head people scream and thought it was a joke," said the student, who would not give her name. The suspect, who was not named, fled the scene on foot. Police were searching the neighborhood with dogs.
The teacher was taken by helicopter to a hospital. He had been shot once in the forehead. No details of his condition were available. No one else was injured, said police spokeswoman Dianna Wezenberg. The school apparently has a history of violence. Students said police make daily visits. "Fights are normal here, but not like this," said student Mohammed Ouledle.
The Netherlands has stiff gun control laws, and violence involving firearms is uncommon. The country's first school shooting was in 1999, when a 17-year-old youth wounded five people in the southern Dutch town of Veghel. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
Dutch Teacher Shot in the Head by Student
By TOBY STERLING Associated Press Writer
January 13, 2004, 12:29 PM EST
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A high school student walked into his school's crowded cafeteria and shot his biology teacher point-blank in the head Tuesday, badly wounding him. The shooting came as a shock to many in this country, where gun violence is rare.
The student, a 17-year-old youth with a reputation of being a troublemaker, reportedly had been punished for misbehavior a few days earlier. His victim was also the deputy principal of Stevincollege, a school in the southwest part of this city.
A student who was in the cafeteria at the time said she first mistook the gunshot for "fireworks." "I head people scream and thought it was a joke," said the student, who would not give her name. The suspect, who was not named, fled the scene on foot. Police were searching the neighborhood with dogs.
The teacher was taken by helicopter to a hospital. He had been shot once in the forehead. No details of his condition were available. No one else was injured, said police spokeswoman Dianna Wezenberg. The school apparently has a history of violence. Students said police make daily visits. "Fights are normal here, but not like this," said student Mohammed Ouledle.
The Netherlands has stiff gun control laws, and violence involving firearms is uncommon. The country's first school shooting was in 1999, when a 17-year-old youth wounded five people in the southern Dutch town of Veghel. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
