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07 Apr 2011 17:09

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World: Brazilian school shooting: A heartbreaking atrocity

  • 12 children killed in the worst school shooting in Brazil’s history source
  • » Hard to find the words: Authorities say that a former student, 23-year-old Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, reportedly committed the heinous atrocity. According to a janitor, Dorival Porto Rafael: “He came into the class saying he was going to give a talk. He went to an eighth-grade class, on the [ground floor], and without saying anything took out a pistol from his bag and started firing. The police arrived and he tried to go up to the next floor, but when he saw he was surrounded he shot himself in the head.” An unspecified number of children were also severely wounded. This is horrible; we’ll keep them in our thoughts.
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30 Apr 2009 08:22

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World: A school shooting in Azerbaijan; the motive as yet unknown

  • 13 killed in the Azeri school shooting, 13 more wounded source
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20 Apr 2009 09:32

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U.S.: A decade after Columbine, survivors move on but don’t forget

  • I feel almost pulled there to see how everyone is doing and where everyone is. A lot of people
    have made their peace with it,
    but it doesn’t mean they’re forgetting it.
  • Kristi Mohrbacher • A 26-year-old former student at Columbine High School, on the legacy the shooting has left the community around the Denver-area school. Among other things, the shootings by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12, wounded 23, led to a rash of copycat crimes and inspired a soon-to-be-released film. For many Gen-Yers, this moment will make you feel old, by the way – it’s been a decade since the moment that defined your high school lives. • source
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19 Apr 2009 10:21

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Culture: A former Columbine student reflects on its 10th anniversary in film

Andrew Robinson, who was there on April 20, 1999, created “April Showers,” out this week and based on the school shooting. source
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19 Mar 2009 10:16

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World: Correction on German school shooting

  • The online transcripts were fake. The shooting, which we most recently reported on last night, initially centered around an online chat that the shooter, Tim Kretschmer, allegedly had with a friend the night before. This was fabricated by someone on the Internet. We apologize for the inconvenience. source
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12 Mar 2009 10:32

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World: The German school shooter’s warning, written on the Web

  • Everyone laughs at me. No one recognizes my potential. I mean this seriously. I have got a weapon here and tomorrow I am going to go to my former school and give them hell.
  • Tim Kretschmer • The student who shot up a school in Winnenden, Germany, killing 15. He said this to a friend on the Internet the night before. Most of his victims were female – including eight female classmates and three female teachers. (Update: This information has proven to be false. – Ed.) • source
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11 Mar 2009 10:06

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World: First a shooting in the U.S., now one in Germany

  • 15 dead in a school shooting in Winnenden, Germany source
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