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A teenage boy shot dead his teacher during a German lesson at an Estonian high school yesterday, police said.
Officers said the 53-year-old female teacher was killed as she took a German class at a school in the southern town of Viljandi.
The shooting took place yesterday afternoon in Paalalinna School, and the gunman has been arrested. It was the first known school shooting in the small Baltic country.
A police spokesman said no one else was injured and a 15-year-old boy was being held in custody while investigations continued.
Officials said that the weapon was registered to the father of the shooter.
The motive for the classroom attack remained unclear yesterday. However, Estonia's leading Postimees newspaper reported that the unidentified boy had made disturbing posts on Facebook alongside photographs of guns and war.
"Don't judge me because I'm quiet. No one plans a murder out loud," Postimees quoted him as saying in an April 1 post.
Estonian media quoted the high school principal as describing the boy as a "very well-behaved young man" who had previously had no trouble at school.
"His achievements in school were not bad, an average pupil," principal Aavo Palo was quoted as saying by Estonian media. "I don't have any information that the teacher … had any conflicts with students previously and up until now I have no idea what exactly happened in this case."
Police spokeswoman Kristina Kostina said: "The shooting took place during a German lesson and the teacher was fatally injured. There are no other victims."
Estonia's education minister was travelling to the scene, according to sources.
Prime Minister Taavi Roivas described the incident as "shock to us all" and said the motivation of the shooter was not yet clear.
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse


Teacher shot dead by pupil in classroom at Estonian high school

A pupil is comforted by his mother after he went out of the school where a teacher was shot dead by a teenager in Viljandi, southern Estonia. Photo: AFP

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A teenage boy shot dead his teacher during a German lesson at an Estonian high school yesterday, police said.


Teacher shot dead by pupil in classroom at Estonian high school

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}A teenage boy shot dead his teacher during a German lesson at an Estonian high school yesterday, police said.

A teenage boy shot dead his teacher during a German lesson at an Estonian high school yesterday, police said.