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Police confront German gunman

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A heavily armed 17-year-old opened fire on pupils and teachers at his former school in south-west Germany in a killing spree in which 15 people died.

The BBC's Chris Eakin describes mobile phone footage showing police confronting Tim Kretschmer moments before he shot himself.

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