Friends comfort each other after gun attack at community college yesterday in Oregon
SINN Fein MLA Martin McGuinness has expressed his condolences to the families of victims of the school shootings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon and wished those injured a full and speedy recovery.
Nine people were shot dead at the campus on Thursday morning.
The 26-year-old ‘shooter’ – named locally as Chris Harper Mercer – was later shot dead by police.
He was born in the UK but later moved with his family to the USA.
Yesteday’s gun attack is the 994th on school/university grounds in America in the past three years.
And it s the 45th such attack so far in 2015.
Martin McGuinness said today: “My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims of the horrific killings at Umpqua Community College in the US.
“I was shocked and saddened to hear that so many young people have been shot dead in a deranged attack, in what should have been a place of safety and learning.
“I extend my condolences to all the families of the victims at this awful time of grief and mourning and wish those injured a full and speedy recovery.”
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