Two found dead at school near Berlin, 19-year-old suspect detained

FRANKFURT, Aug ‌27 (Reuters) - Two ​people ​were found dead on Thursday at a school in the ‌town of Gosen-Neu Zittau near Berlin and ⁠a suspect has been detained, police said.

"Police ‌received several calls ‌reporting that a violent crime had taken place at a school. At ​the scene, emergency services found two people with fatal injuries," police ⁠said in a statement.

A 19-year-old German considered a suspect ​in the crime has been detained, it said, adding investigators currently ​assumed it to ‌have been an act "motivated by a personal relationship".

Local newspaper Maerkische ⁠Allgemeine reported earlier on Thursday that one of the victims was an 18-year-old ⁠woman who attended the school and that ​the suspected perpetrator was believed to be her 19-year-old former boyfriend.

A 30-year-old man was killed ‌while trying to stop the attack, the report said.

Separately, Berliner ‌Zeitung reported that a further ⁠two people were ‌injured.

(Reporting by Ludwig ​Burger And Christoph Steitz, editing by Friederike Heine and Gareth ‌Jones)

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