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August 28, 2025 | 11:35 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Two 8 and 10-year-old children were killed erstwhile an equipped antheral carried retired a wide shooting astatine a Catholic schoolhouse successful the United States. According to the police, isolated from the 2 fatalities, 17 others were injured portion the victims were attending a religion service.
The constabulary main of Minneapolis, Minnesota, stated that among the wounded successful the Wednesday greeting attack, 14 of them were children and 2 were successful captious condition. All the children being treated are expected to survive.
Local authorities person not yet recovered a motive for the attack. The equipped perpetrator, wielding a double-barreled shotgun and a pistol, has committed suicide. The fishy appeared to person acted alone. The FBI declared that they are investigating the onslaught arsenic a imaginable enactment of terrorism.
"This was a deliberate enactment of unit against guiltless children and different radical worshipping," said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara successful a property league quoted from Al Jazeera. "The sheer cruelty and cowardice of firing into a religion afloat of children is perfectly incomprehensible," helium said.
The constabulary said the perpetrator, identified arsenic Robin Westman, was successful his 20s. He seemingly did not person an extended transgression record. Dozens of rounds were fired during the attack. The equipped man, dressed successful black, stood extracurricular the religion and fired shots done a model portion the schoolhouse children were sitting successful religion pews. Other firearms were besides recovered successful households connected to Westman.
This is the 146th onslaught since January, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database. School shootings often hap successful the U.S. Nevertheless, blimpish groups and politicians reason weapon ownership restrictions.
Although section instrumentality enforcement has not presented grounds pointing to a circumstantial motive, they stated that they are investigating videos uploaded online by the shooter. Court records amusement that Robert Westman changed his sanction to Westman successful 2020 and identified arsenic female.
"Anybody who is utilizing this arsenic an accidental to villainise our trans community, oregon immoderate different assemblage retired there, has mislaid their consciousness of communal humanity," said Mayor Jacob Frey successful a property conference.
A fifth-grade pupil named Weston Halsne told CBS News that his person was changeable portion trying to shield him. "The shots were like, close adjacent to me," said Halsne. "I deliberation I got similar gunpowder connected my neck."
Pope Leo XIV, the archetypal Pope from the US, called the shooting a tragedy. He prayed for the victims successful that hard time.
U.S. President Donald Trump described the shooting arsenic a horrific situation. "I person been afloat briefed connected the tragic shooting successful Minneapolis, Minnesota," said Trump connected his Truth Social societal media platform.
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