A student opened fire at a high school in the US state of Texas today, killing at least 10 people, mostly students, in the latest such incident in the country. The incident took place at Santa Fe High School in the city of the same name, located about 50 kilometres southeast of Houston.
An unidentified law enforcement officer was shot, but sources said he was "clipped" and was not seriously injured. At least 10 people -- nine students and a teacher -- were killed in the gunfire, CNN quoted a law enforcement official as saying.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said that the two people who were taken into custody, including the person believed to be the gunman, are students at the school. The attacker was armed with an AR-15-style rifle, a pistol, a shotgun and pipe bombs, an official said. PTI
An unidentified law enforcement officer was shot, but sources said he was "clipped" and was not seriously injured. At least 10 people -- nine students and a teacher -- were killed in the gunfire, CNN quoted a law enforcement official as saying.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said that the two people who were taken into custody, including the person believed to be the gunman, are students at the school. The attacker was armed with an AR-15-style rifle, a pistol, a shotgun and pipe bombs, an official said. PTI
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