Heidelberg, Germany, Shooting, 24.01.2022

[Idris2002]

Some gobshite armed with several guns has shot and injured several people in a university lecture hall in Heidelberg, Germany, before offing himself.

I think we can guess how this one will pan out: yet another loser from central casting:

Heidelberg student kills one and injures three in lecture hall attack

Lone gunman, 18, opens fire on peers at Germany’s oldest university before killing himself

www.theguardian.com

 

[8ball]

"No initial indications of political or religious motive", apparently.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

yet another loser from central casting

Not sure what this means?

 

[8ball]

Not sure what this means?

Central Casting are a Los Angeles based agency that hires out background actors.

"..from central casting" : Informal usage. : having appearance, behavior, or nature that seems to be typical for one's job or position The physics professor looks like he's right out of central casting: his white hair is disheveled, his suit rumpled, and he looks a little lost.

I'm not sure how well it works in this case, at least at this stage when there are few details.

 

[JimW]

Not sure what this means?

Odds on he's Breivik-lite incel tosser, I presume.

 

[8ball]

Odds on he's Breivik-lite incel tosser, I presume.

I don't think Breivik was an incel - think he was a white supremacist (not that you can't be both).

It's argued in some places that there is common element of wounded masculinity to both idea systems, though (not sure I'd go as far as saying incels share an "ideology" but ymmv).

 

[Idris2002]

Latest: one student died.

Student kills 1, wounds 3 in shooting at German university

Police say one person has been killed and three people were wounded after a lone gunman opened fire during a packed lecture at Heidelberg University in southwestern Germany then killed himself.

apnews.com

 

[Idris2002]

He had a history of psychological problems, apparently.

 

[NoXion]

I don't think Breivik was an incel - think he was a white supremacist (not that you can't be both).

It's argued in some places that there is common element of wounded masculinity to both idea systems, though (not sure I'd go as far as saying incels share an "ideology" but ymmv).

You clearly haven't taken a good look at incel forums. Those shitholes fucking reek of Nazi vomit.

 

[petee]

Student Who Opened Fire During Lecture Linked to Neo-Nazi Party

German investigators reportedly found the 18-year-old gunman's name on an old internal list of the right-wing extremist party Der Dritte Weg – the Third Path.

www.vice.com

on Wednesday, further details of the gunman’s troubled background emerged, with reports that he had previously had links to the militant neo-Nazi “micro-party” Der Dritte Weg (“The Third Path”). German news outlet ZEIT Online reported that investigators had found his name on an old internal list belonging to the right-wing extremist party.

 

[Idris2002]

Student Who Opened Fire During Lecture Linked to Neo-Nazi Party

German investigators reportedly found the 18-year-old gunman's name on an old internal list of the right-wing extremist party Der Dritte Weg – the Third Path.

www.vice.com

on Wednesday, further details of the gunman’s troubled background emerged, with reports that he had previously had links to the militant neo-Nazi “micro-party” Der Dritte Weg (“The Third Path”). German news outlet ZEIT Online reported that investigators had found his name on an old internal list belonging to the right-wing extremist party.

Dritte Weg had a lot of posters up in Halle during the last election. Real old-school Nazi stuff, or as close as they can get to it without actually waving der Hakenkreuz (which will still get you nicked in Germany).

 

[8ball]

You clearly haven't taken a good look at incel forums. Those shitholes fucking reek of Nazi vomit.

I bow to your superior knowledge of incel forums.

 

[SpookyFrank]

You clearly haven't taken a good look at incel forums. Those shitholes fucking reek of Nazi vomit.

I'll take your word for it pal.