German police said Thursday that a 15-year-old student had been shot dead at a special education school in the southwestern town of Offenburg, writes DW.

The suspected shooter, another 15-year-old student at the school, was detained during a large-scale police operation.

He was remanded in custody on suspicion of manslaughter, police and prosecutors said.

The attack is said to have taken place in the suspect"s 9th grade class, Germany"s dpa news agency reported.

At the time of the shooting, 180 students were evacuated from the premises and picked up by their parents.