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Florida high school shooting : At least 17 people dead, 3 in critical.

Florida high school shooting

Source: AAP

Police in Florida have arrested a teenage gunman suspected of killing at least 17 people at a high school in Parkland north of Miami.

The mass shooting took place at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The 19 year gunman is a former student who had been identified as a potential threat to other students in the past year.

Florida high school shooting
In this frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV, students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida Source: AAP

The gunman is believed to have used an AR-15 rifle and killed 12 people inside the school, two just outside, one in the street and two died in hospital.

Florida high school shooting
Source: AAP

This latest incident is one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history in the past three decades and the 18th school shooting in the US this year.


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By Madhura Seneviratne

Source: SBS News




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