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‘We need to keep children safe’: How US-style terror drills came to Britain’s schools

School pupils have long been drilled in what to do in the event of a fire. Lining up in the playground while heads are counted is a routine part of school life.

Now, another type of drill appears to be increasingly common in British classrooms: the US-style lockdown, where children are prepared for the grim possibility of a violent attack on site.

More than a quarter (26 per cent) of primary school teachers have carried out such a drill since September, and 36 per cent of secondary school teachers, according to a recent survey by Teacher Tapp. Some primaries are reportedly also spending thousands of pounds on security systems to alert staff to intruders

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Syrians and Bosnian among victims of gunman’s attack on Swedish school

Syrians and a Bosnian were among the 10 victims of a gunman who carried out the worst shooting in Swedish history, at a school in Orebro on Tuesday.

It was the first information about those murdered in the attack, and it came from two embassies rather than police, who only said there were victims of a number of nationalities.

Police said the suspected gunman, named locally as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, was found dead after the attack, with three guns by his side.

No official motive declared but they dance around the prospect that it may be related to the shooter’s anger at Sweden’s disastrous mass immigration policy.

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Sweden school shooting – Perp ID’d as Rickard Andersson

A man suspected of carrying out the ‘worst mass shooting’ in Sweden’s history has been pictured for the first time.

Swedish outlet Expressen shared an image of Rickard Andersson, 35, who it reported is suspected of shooting ten people dead in a shocking attack at Risbergska School in Örebro’s Västhaga district on Tuesday.

The man is said to have turned the gun on himself following the rampage, according to police.

h/t Canminuteman

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Schools Spend Millions on a Safety Measure to Stop Bullets. It Doesn’t Work.

Ryan Wilcox peered through his binoculars as a gunman fired at a large piece of glass propped up at a shooting range in the foothills of Utah’s Wasatch mountains.

Wilcox, a Republican state lawmaker charged with securing Utah’s schools, was eager to see if a polyester-based film, thinner than a credit card and applied to glass windows and doors, might answer a desperate nationwide query: How can schools stop attackers from shooting their way in?

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Mass Shooting at Abundant Life Christian School In Wisconsin

Cops reveal school shooter is FEMALE after student and teacher were killed in suicidal Christmas rampage

Update: Multiple injuries reported in Wisconsin school shooting

• At least two people are dead after a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, police said. The suspect is also dead and multiple people are injured, according the police chief.

• Law enforcement said the shooter is believed to be a juvenile and authorities are still investigating the scene. There are currently no other threats to schools in the community, the police chief said.

School shooting leaves two dead and three wounded as gunman opens fire at private Christian academy

Apparently the shooter is dead.

Officials: Police investigate shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison

h/t XC

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Gunman Glenn Litton Attempted ‘Child executions’ at California Christian school in response to “America’s involvements in genocide & oppression of Palestinians” authorities say

Authorities in Butte County have identified the gunman who staged an attack Wednesday on a Christian elementary school that left two children wounded and ended with the attacker dead.

On Thursday afternoon, Sheriff Kory Honea identified the shooter as Glenn Litton, 56. He described Litton as a homeless, mentally ill man with a long criminal record who targeted the school due to its affiliation with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene of the attack.

Authorities found a statement by Litton saying that “child executions” were imposed at the school in response to “America’s involvements in genocide and oppression of Palestinians” and attacks in Yemen.

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A person is dead and 16 are hurt after a shooting at Tuskegee University; 1 arrest made

ATLANTA (AP) — A shooting early Sunday during homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, a dozen of them by gunfire, authorities said. One arrest was announced hours later.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Jaquez Myrick, 25, of Montgomery, was taken into custody while leaving the scene of the campus shooting and had been found with a handgun with a machine gun conversion device. The agency said in a statement that Myrick faces a federal charge of possession of a machine gun. It did not accuse him of using the gun in the shooting or provide additional details.

They’ll probably blame Trump.

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Orlando mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 6 wounded during Halloween celebrations; teen suspect arrested

At least 2 people were killed in a mass shooting in downtown Orlando, which was hosting a Halloween celebration Friday morning.

Gunfire erupted outside the Block, a nightlife venue that is complete with 7 separate clubs, just after 1 a.m. as hundreds of revelers were in attendance, many dressed for the cash-prize costume contest.

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FBI Raises Reward to $100,000 For Capture of Gunmen Behind ‘Hit Job’ That Killed Four With Machine Guns in Trendy Downtown Birmingham

The FBI and Crimestoppers have raised the reward to $100,000 for information leading to the capture of mysterious shooters behind what law enforcement believes was a targeted attack that left four people dead and 17 others injured in downtown Birmingham this past weekend.

Shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday night, multiple people got out of a car in Birmingham’s trendy Five Points South area and opened fire with guns that appeared to have been converted to automatic weapons. Three of the victims died at the scene, and a fourth died at a hospital, while four other people had life-threatening injuries.

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Alabama police search for suspect in Birmingham shooting that killed four

A manhunt in Alabama for a suspect in the shooting outside a nightclub that killed four people and wounded 17 on Saturday night entered its second full day on Monday.

The shooting in Birmingham was at least the 24th mass murder in the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The archive defines a mass murder as one in which four victims are killed or wounded.

This is dropping right off the radar.

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Police believe the mass shooting that killed four people in Alabama overnight was a targeted hit gone wrong

Police believe the mass shooting that killed four people in Alabama overnight was a targeted hit gone wrong – as the continue to search for the culprits.

Gunfire erupted in the Five Points South entertainment district outside Hush hookah and cigar lounge in Birmingham just after 11pm on Saturday night – injuring at least 18 others.

Two men and a woman were killed at the scene in the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue, near the University of Alabama, while a fourth male victim died in hospital.

Oh oh!

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Manhunt for Kentucky shooting suspect cancels classes as authorities urge people to be on high alert

As a manhunt stretched into a third day Monday for a suspect in a shooting on a Kentucky interstate that wounded five people and struck 12 vehicles, authorities vowed to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remained high for a rural area where some schools canceled classes.

Authorities have been searching a rugged, hilly area of southeastern Kentucky since Saturday evening, when a shooter began firing at drivers on Interstate 75 near London, a small city of about 8,000 people located about 75 miles south of Lexington.

With suspect Joseph A. Couch, 32, still at large, numerous area school districts canceled classes for Monday. State police Master Trooper Scottie Pennington, a spokesman for the London state police post, urged area residents to lock doors, keep porch lights on and monitor security cameras. The search was focused on a remote area about 8 miles north of London.

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