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Boy, 12, Killed Parents, Shot Self Over School Grades
26 November 2004
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
BRAUNSCHWEIG — A twelve-year-old boy from the town of Braunschweig confessed on Thursday to murdering his parents in early November, the public prosecutor in charge of the case said.
The boy had been in a coma for several weeks after severely wounding himself in a suicide attempt following the crime.
He told investigators this week that he shot both his parents after a fight about his school grades.
The 12-year-old boy, who used his father's gun, cannot be held... (GunPolicy.org)