World News Deadly gun rampages rock U.S., Germany

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Eleven people including the gunman and his mother were killed in a shooting spree and car chase in southern Alabama on March 10, authorities said. In the span of about an hour, Michael McLendon, 28, set his home on fire, killed five relatives and five bystanders and committed suicide in a standoff at a metals plant where he had been forced to resign years ago. It was not clear how long McLendon had been planning the attack, or why.

Meanwhile in southwestern Germany, a 17-year-old burst into classrooms at his former high school March 11 and gunned down students in a rampage that ended with 15 dead before he took his own life, authorities said. The gunman's victims were primarily female: eight of nine students killed were girls, and all three teachers were women. Three men were also killed, apparently at random, as the suspect fled. (AP)

独・米で死傷者を出した銃の乱射事件

アメリカ・アラバマ州で3月10日に、そしてドイツで3月11日に銃の乱射事件が起き、それぞれで死傷者が出た。

Shukan ST: March 20, 2009

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