Dead and injured in school shooting in the US state of Kansas

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Dead and injured in school shooting in the US state of Kansas

Already shaken by a shooting rampage in the United States. In a small town in the state of Kansas shot a man at least three people and injured 14. The perpetrators and most victims were probably colleagues.

In at least four crime scenes, a gunman opened fire on his victims. According to the local Sheriff, Townsend, Walton, and shot the 38-year-old man in the small town of AGCO’s rotary heritage initially indiscriminately at passers-by and injured two of them.

Then drove the offender to his place of work, a company for garden tools. As the police announced, shot it in the Parking lot and on the premises at least three people. Other sources of languages first of at least seven dead. During the attack, were according to official figures, 14 people injured, five of them fatal.

The attacker was Polizeikugeln hit and killed, said Sheriff Walton.

Motive unclear

About the background of the fact that the police are still no findings announced. Local media reports had the shooter before the fact, on the Internet platform Facebook a photo of himself with a gun posted.

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“It is a terrible event, a lot of very sad people leave,” said Sheriff Walton. The Governor of the state of Kansas, Sam Brownback, called for “for the people in AGCO’s rotary heritage” to pray.

Again and again Amok

In the USA, there are due to the laxxen gun laws again and again, shootings with a high number of victims. Attempts by President Barack Obama, the laws to toughen up, failed always at the opposition of the powerful gun lobby and the Republicans dominated Congress.

mak/bor (afp, ap, reuters, dpa)