World News
27 dead in US school shooting─── 07:54 Sat, 15 Dec 2012
Newtown - Twenty schoolchildren were among at least 27 people killed by a heavily armed gunman who opened fire at a suburban elementary school in Connecticut yesterday in the one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history. The 20-year-old gunman, identified by law enforcement sources as Adam Lanza, opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, which serves children aged between 5 and 10, before killing himself. Lanza attended the school as a youngster. Authorities found 18 children and seven adults, including the gunman, dead at the school, and two children were pronounced dead later after being taken to hospital. Another adult was found dead at a related crime scene in Newtown, bringing the toll to 28. Police would not confirm or deny media reports that the person was Lanza's mother, Nancy.
Reuters
Reuters
