Fatalities have been reported after a school shooting at a Georgia high school, which was put on lockdown Wednesday and students gathered in its football stadium, the local sheriff's office said.
According to the statement released by the Atlanta Public Schools, shortly after dismissal on Wednesday afternoon, shots were fired from an unknown vehicle, striking four students in the parking lot of Benjamin E. Mays High School.
Besides those killed in the incident, eight people remain in critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe.
Local media footage from the scene showed commotion outside the school as police removed the suspect, whose head was covered as officers led him to a car parked in the street.
Police said the shooter was a 28-year-old woman from Nashville, after initially saying she appeared to be in her teens.
In a social media post, the Denver Police Department (DPD) asserted that investigators are working to gather more information and added people in the area should expect a large police presence around the school.
Myanmar: The incident took place on Friday in the village of Let Yet Kone, where the school building was possibly being used by rebels.
Bengal school explosion: There was no casualty in the incident, as students and teachers were in rooms located on the first two floors of the three-storeyed building, police had said.
The gunfire at Washington Middle School marked the 2nd shooting in New Mexico’s largest city in less than 24 hours.
A school shooting erupted Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan, leaving 11 people dead and four wounded, Russia's state RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing emergency services.
The suspect is a 40-year-old man surnamed Yu, who is in custody and being investigated. How the children were attacked was not disclosed. The motive for the attack was unclear.
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Two suspected terrorists opened fire in an attempt to enter a private school in Bahawalnagar area in Pakistan
BEIRUT: Airstrikes blamed on Russia hit at least two hospitals and a school in northern Syria on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians and further dimming hopes for a temporary truce, as government troops
Islamabad: Agitated over a sluggish investigation process, hundreds of parents and students protested outside the Peshawar school where terrorists killed over 140 students and teachers last December, a media report said Sunday.The protesters at the
New Delhi: India today strongly condemned the barbaric attack on a school in Peshawar in which at least 124 children were killed, saying there is never a justification for terrorism."No words will capture the feeling
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