Shooting attacks on two US universities, 7 students killed, perpetrators continue to flee. Page all

WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.com – Seven students were killed and at least one gunman fled the attack shootings at two US universities in the states of Idaho and Virginia this weekend, according to authorities.

Police are hunting student suspects in a shooting that killed three and injured two others at the University of Virginia (UVA), about 100 miles southwest of the state capital Washington DC.

Confinement was implemented in Charlottesville, Va., early Monday (11/14/2022), as helicopters and police searched for a man believed to be “armed and dangerous,” the UVA Office of Emergency Management tweeted.

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A university student identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. is suspected of carrying out a shooting on campus Sunday night (11/13/2022), UVA President Jim Ryan said in a statement. AFP extension.

“This is a traumatic incident for everyone in our community and we canceled classes today,” Ryan said.

Psychological counseling and support will be made available to students and faculty, he said.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said state officials are coordinating with the campus police department and local authorities.

“Please take cover while authorities work to find the suspect,” he wrote on Twitter.

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Meanwhile, more than 2,000 miles west in the Rocky Mountain state of Idaho, police are investigating a separate incident in which four students were found dead Sunday (11/13/2022) at a home near campus of the University of Idaho.

The four are believed to be “homicide victims”.

Officers responded to a call in the city of Moscow near the University of Idaho about an unconscious individual.

“Upon arrival, officers found four people who were dead,” police said in a statement.

“It is with deep sadness that I share with you that the university was notified today of the deaths of four University of Idaho students who were living off campus and who are believed to be victims of homicide,” said the University President. of Idaho Scott Green in a statement. . AFP extension Monday (14/11/2022).

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Meanwhile, near Michigan’s largest city, Detroit, police raided Oakland University Monday (11/14/2022) morning “in pursuit of two armed suspects on campus,” the school said in a statement. on Twitter, which also urged students to stay away.

School shootings were very common as part of the surge Gun violence more generally in the United States, where the proliferation of firearms has soared in recent years.

In May, an 18-year-old gunman in Uvalde, Texas stormed Robb Elementary School and killed 19 students and two teachers, in an attack that shocked ‘Uncle Sam Country’ and renewed calls of gun reform.

In 2007, Virginia Tech was the site of the worst school shooting ever recorded in the United States when a 23-year-old student killed 32 students and faculty members, before taking his own life.

Following the UVA shooting on Sunday (11/13/2022), US Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia said he was “deeply saddened to hear that another Virginia community has been torn apart by gun violence.”

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