A girl was murdered with another fighting for her life after being attacked by a man on their way to school in Germany this morning.
Emergency services raced to the town near Munich to find the pupils, aged 13 and 14, and took them to hospital, but the eldest of the pair couldn't be saved and was pronounced dead after admission.
Cops earlier said both girls had "serious injuries" but refused to go into further detail.
German daily newspaper Bild said the attack happened around 7.30am as the youngsters made their way to school in Illerkirchberg, a 4,700-inhabitant village in southern Germany.
Horrified locals immediately contacted emergency services and the two girls were rushed to hospital by ambulance.
The suspect is understood to have fled into a nearby building, which initial reports suggested may have been a refugee housing.
Cops stormed the residence and arrested everyone inside. The prime suspect and two other individuals were taken to the police station and the innocent parties released, cops said.
It is not yet known whether the suspect and two girls are known to each other, or whether the man lived in the building he was found in.
"Everything further will come out of the ongoing investigation," a spokesperson for Ulm police said.
Cops said it's likely the girls were walking to a neighbouring town so they could catch a bus to their secondary school.
The police - who are expected to make a statement later today - haven't identified what weapon was used in the attack.
A spokesman refused to comment on whether the youngster's were in critical condition, but said: "They have serious injuries".
Last month, two teens were arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenager at a park.
Jesse Nwokejiobi died in a daylight knife assault in Logan's Meadow, Cambridge, on November 19.
Last night officers from Cambridgeshire’s Major Crime Unit arrested two 16-year-old boys on suspicion of murder at properties in South London.
They were taken into custody in and will be transferred to Cambridgeshire..
Three further teenage boys arrested on suspicion of murder have been released on bail.
Jesse’s father, Henry Nwokejiobi, has paid tribute to his son, saying: “Jesse was a good son and at home he was very creative and loving.
"He made jokes, cooked a lot and helped with the chores.
