A German teenager who injured nine people in a school rampage planned the attack well in advance, prosecutors said yesterday.
Georg R had written a will and marked the day of the attack with the word "apocalypse" in his diary, said prosecutors in the Bavarian town of Ansbach.
The 18-year-old injured eight pupils and a teacher when he stormed the Carolinum High School on Thursday, armed with firebombs, two knives and an axe.
He was shot and wounded by police and underwent surgery in a nearby clinic.
The youth, who was in his final year, had been undergoing psychotherapy.
Police yesterday reconstructed what happened after he entered the school at 8:30 am.
He first threw a firebomb into a 10th grade class, setting desks and students' clothing ablaze. As the students ran out of the class he attacked them with an axe.
A female student received life-threatening injures after being struck on the head.
Another girl suffered severe burns. The other victims suffered less serious burns, cuts and bruises.
The assailant hurled a petrol bomb into a another classroom, but the device did not explode.
He then fled and barricaded him-self in school toilet where he was cornered by police.
When he lunged at one of the officers with a knife, police opened fire, hitting him five times before over-powering him.
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