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Florida shooting: 17 confirmed dead in 'horrific' attack on high school

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Nimrat Kaur
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Florida shooting: 17 confirmed dead in 'horrific' attack on high school
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In a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, at least 17 people were killed and several others were injured on Wednesday. In one of the deadliest mass shootings in US modern history, 12 were killed in the school building, two were killed outside the building, one on a road nearby and two died in hospital from wounds, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel told. The shooting occurred, which was voted Florida's safest city last year, CNN reported. Image result for Florida shooting: 17 confirmed dead in 'horrific' attack on high school The shooter shot with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and was identified as Nikolaus Cruz. He is a 19-year-old expelled student at the school. He was captured shortly after the shooting. The Police reportedly captured the suspect about 1.6 kilometres from the school. Police say, Nikolas who was expelled from high school for disciplinary problems, according to local media. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said, "My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting. No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school." Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a prominent voice in the fight for gun control said, “We are responsible for a level of mass atrocity that happens in this country with zero parallel anywhere else.” publive-image "Let me just note once again for my colleagues: this happens nowhere else other than the United States of America. This epidemic of mass slaughter, this scourge of school shooting after school shooting," he added. "It only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction," he said.-
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