Connecticut school shooting.

sweefs · December 14, 2012, 9:35pm

saw the news, just sickening.

**Twenty children and six adults have been killed in a shooting attack at a primary school in the US state of Connecticut, police say.**Lt Paul Vance said the gunman was also dead, but did not identify him.
However, officials told US media the killer at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, was a 20-year-old son of a teacher at the school.
The killings make Newtown the second-worst US shooting, after 32 died at Virginia Tech in 2007.
Early reports named 24-year-old Ryan Lanza as the gunman, but officials later said his brother Adam, 20, was the suspect.
Ryan Lanza was being questioned by police, the Associated Press and New York Times reported.
Friday’s shooting is the third major gun attack in the US in 2012.
In July an attacker killed 12 people at a premiere of a Batman film in Aurora, Colorado. In August six people died at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
Just this week two people died in a shooting at a shopping mall in the state of Oregon.
At the White House, an emotional President Barack Obama cited those incidents as he called for “meaningful action… regardless of politics”.
“Our hearts are broken today, for the parents, grandparents, sisters and brothers of these children, and for the families of the adults who were lost.”
Mr Obama offered condolences to the families of survivors too, saying “their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain”.
He wiped tears from his eyes as he spoke of the “overwhelming grief” at the loss of life.

BBC News - 27 dead in Connecticut primary school shooting

School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut: news conference

khattichic · December 14, 2012, 9:53pm

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No words for this horrific tragedy... :(

I just read that the school principal was amongst the adults who died....

aurchaepiyo · December 14, 2012, 10:09pm

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The shooter's mother was one of those killed --- she was a teacher at that school. What scum the shooter was.

sweefs · December 14, 2012, 10:16pm

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makes you wonder again why yanks are still allowed weapons so easily in the first place..

KKF · December 14, 2012, 10:18pm

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very sad, indeed! :( i think they must legislate all the mental patients to seek treatment which should be made available free of cost. they should NOT be allowed not to be treated. it must be mandatory to go through the treatment.

i think this was the worst killing ever in the USA.

polished_gems · December 14, 2012, 10:28pm

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Prayers for the families afflicted. It's really devastating that so many young innocent lives were lost in this tragedy.

I wish guns were not so readily available in the USA...:(

smartooo · December 14, 2012, 10:50pm

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thats sad incident RIP those who passed
agree with KKF

queen_24 · December 14, 2012, 11:17pm

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such a sad and shocking news. Little poor kids!! Prayers for the families.

Sohaib · December 15, 2012, 10:05am

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Poor kids. Extremely tragic!

SaeedinPakistan · December 15, 2012, 10:51am

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How dare you say that? You socialist ****? That's what a lot of Americans would say(probably).

Sohaib · December 15, 2012, 10:56am

Time for a ban on gun sale or some amendments at least.

Huma_1 · December 15, 2012, 2:18pm

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Heart-wrenching :(

devilish_angel · December 15, 2012, 3:09pm

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awww so sad innocent children, tough for parents:(

Iyla · December 15, 2012, 4:43pm

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May Allah Ta'lah swt help those parents. Goodness knows how achingly stabbing their pain is right now.

StormRaiser · December 15, 2012, 5:08pm

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So sad. Really wish this senseless killing would stop across the globe...

EyEsOnSkY · December 16, 2012, 2:01am

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Very sad incident shocking news.

khoji · December 16, 2012, 8:51am

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At one time I used to live very close to Newtown, CT. Surprised to see this happen in that community.

khoji · December 16, 2012, 8:52am

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A lot of Republicans would say this, to be precise.

SaeedinPakistan · December 16, 2012, 9:00am

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There are a lot of them and they're Americans. So I wasn't wrong.

Sheeda_Pistol_1 · December 17, 2012, 2:24am

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some kids in pakistan lighting candles