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This has now broken in the UK
BBC News - '27 dead' in Connecticut primary school shooting
Another instance of mans' inhumanity to his fellow man.
Lord have mercy
Eternal memory !
BBC News - '27 dead' in Connecticut primary school shooting
As many as 27 people have been killed, including many children, in a shooting attack at a primary school in the US state of Connecticut, US media say.
At least a dozen children are among the dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, the Associated Press reported.
Earlier, the gunman was reported to have been killed and at least three people were taken to hospital.
A news conference is imminent and the state Governor Dannell Malloy is on his way.
Police arrived at the school soon after 09:40 local time (14:40 GMT), with a full search of the site carried out soon after.
Schools across the district were immediately on lock-down as a preventive measure, officials say.
Meanwhile, the three people who have been taken to hospital are in "very serious condition", Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton told CNN.
'Collecting facts'
There are unconfirmed reports of two shooters, according to a report in the local Hartford Courant newspaper.
As the situation began, police received a call reporting that a gunman was in the school's main office. One person there had "numerous gunshot wounds", the Courant added.
One witness speaking to CNN said that shots were heard coming from the hall. There "must have been 100 rounds" fired, she told the channel.
Local media have reported that firefighters instructed children to close their eyes and run past the school's office as they exited the building.
Other sources suggest that some of the shots were fired in a school classroom..............
Another instance of mans' inhumanity to his fellow man.
Lord have mercy
Eternal memory !