‘Apocalypse’ on calendar

AN 18-year-old who stormed his school armed with an axe, knives and Molotov cocktails in an attack that injured nine people had marked the date in his calendar with the words “apocalypse today”, German prosecutors said yesterday.

Ansbach State Prosecutor Juergen Krach said the teen remained hospitalised and could not be questioned, but a search of his home turned up the calendar on which he had marked September 17, and a handwritten will.

State Prosecutor Gudrun Lehnberger said the will was dated September 11. She added the search turned up no threats against specific students or people. The attacker’s motive remains unclear.

“I can confirm that the perpetrator was undergoing psychotherapeutic treatment,” Lehnberger said. Krach said police have questioned the man’s parents.

The teenager, whose name has not been released because of German privacy laws, injured eight fellow students and a teacher just after classes started on Thursday morning.