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Gun rampage in Connecticut: 28 dead, including 20 school children

A heavily armed gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school on Friday, killing 26 people, including 20 children, police said, in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.
The gunman – who according to a media report carried four weapons and wore a bullet-proof vest – was dead inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, state police Lieutenant Paul Vance told a news conference.

Vance said authorities found 18 children and seven adults, including the gunman, dead at the school, and two children were pronounced dead later at a hospital. Another adult was found dead at a related crime scene in Newtown, he said, bringing the toll to 28.
The New York Times reported that the gunman, believed to be in his 20s, walked into a classroom where his mother was a teacher, shot his mother and then 18 students in the room before shooting five other adults and killing himself.

We offer our deepest condolence with the families of the horrific tragedy of school massacre incident. And pray for their families all the strength their need to cope with and wish for the injured a very fast cure to health.