{"id":12526,"date":"2012-12-14T22:51:20","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T22:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/12526-gun-rampage-in-connecticut-28-dead-including-20-school-children"},"modified":"2023-01-14T06:00:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T05:00:37","slug":"gun-rampage-in-connecticut-28-dead-including-20-school-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/gun-rampage-in-connecticut-28-dead-including-20-school-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun rampage in Connecticut: 28 dead, including 20 school children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"us-school\" class=\" size-full wp-image-39160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/12\/us-school.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"150\" style=\"margin-left: 5px;margin-right: 5px\" \/>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.<br \/>The gunman &#8211; who according to a media report carried four weapons and wore a bullet-proof vest &#8211; was dead inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, state police Lieutenant Paul Vance told a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We offer our deepest condolence with the families of the horrific tragedy of school massacre incident. 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