Gunman kills 26, including 20 children, at US school
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Buy SPH photosNEWTOWN, Connecticut (AFP) - Twenty small children and six teachers were massacred on Friday when a young gunman walked into a quiet surburban Connnecticut school armed with sophisticated handguns.
Connecticut State Police spokesman Lieutenant Paul Vance said 18 children were killed inside Sandy Hook Elementary School and that two more died of their wounds in hospital.
Six adults at the school were killed, including its principal, before the killer was shot – either by his own hand or police.
There were very few non-fatal injuries reported, indicating that once targeted, there was rarely any chance of escape, and that the gunman was unusually accurate in his fire.
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Unidentified people embrace on Dec 14, 2012 at the aftermath of a school shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that brought police swarming into the leafy neighborhood, while other area schools were put under lock-down, police and local media said. Local media quoted that the gunman had died at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, -- PHOTO: AFP
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The families of victims grieve near Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. A -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Young children wait outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A man mourns nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School where a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A man grieves next to police staged at the site of a shooting near Sandy Hook Elementary School were a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A child reacts to police and fireman staged nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School were a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Family members embrace each other outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A young boy is comforted outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead a line of children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday, Dec 14, 2012 after a shooting at the school. -- PHOTO: AP
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Heavily armed Connecticut State troopers are on the scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where authorities say a gunman opened fire, leaving 27 people dead, including 20 children on Friday, Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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A woman mourns while speaking on the phone near Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook School with their children following a shooting at the school on Friday, Dec 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. -- PHOTO: AP
Unidentified people embrace on Dec 14, 2012 at the aftermath of a school shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that brought police swarming into the leafy neighborhood, while other area schools were put under lock-down, police and local media said. Local media quoted that the gunman had died at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, -- PHOTO: AFP
The families of victims grieve near Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. A -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Young children wait outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man mourns nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School where a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man grieves next to police staged at the site of a shooting near Sandy Hook Elementary School were a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A child reacts to police and fireman staged nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School were a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Family members embrace each other outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A young boy is comforted outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead a line of children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday, Dec 14, 2012 after a shooting at the school. -- PHOTO: AP
Heavily armed Connecticut State troopers are on the scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where authorities say a gunman opened fire, leaving 27 people dead, including 20 children on Friday, Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
A woman mourns while speaking on the phone near Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman opened fire on school children and staff in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec 14, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook School with their children following a shooting at the school on Friday, Dec 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. -- PHOTO: AP
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