No evidence of school shooting at Cologne school
Police have found no evidence to support claims of a school shooting at a Cologne school.
The claims were made on social media on Tuesday morning, but police quickly moved to dispel the rumors.
In a statement, police said they had received multiple reports of a shooting at the Berufskolleg Köln-Deutz school in the Deutz district of Cologne.
However, after searching the school, police found no evidence of a shooting or any injuries.
Police said they were still investigating the source of the rumors, but they believe they were spread intentionally to cause panic.
The school has been closed for the day as a precaution, but police said there was no ongoing threat to the public.
The incident comes just days after a mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.
The Texas shooting has raised concerns about school safety in the United States, and has led to calls for stricter gun control laws.
However, police in Cologne said there was no evidence to suggest that the rumors of a shooting at the Berufskolleg Köln-Deutz school were related to the Texas shooting.