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A Murderous Rampage

It’s like a bloody nightmare, a ‘dark turn’ in Virginia Tech University, where thirty-two students and teachers got killed while classes were in progress; people panicked and pandemonium broke loose around the campus, police everywhere came to protect them and searched for the gunman. This young fellow who’s identified as a South Korean student, enrolled in his senior year with a special concentration in English; shot those schoolmates including five teachers inside the classrooms, killing them mercilessly with his gun and later, he killed himself. What a tragedy! What a deadliest school shooting in U.S. history! described as an alarming reality among students in today’s generation this killing has become like a pattern now that makes global headlines, a horrible scene, a picture of gory incidents, indeed, it’s a tragedy. Expressions of condolences were read and conveyed to bereaved families, the outpouring of grief did move everyone to share his sympathy and sorrow; across the nation the depth and height it showed with certain questions became a rising tide of human anger, sadness, and racial animosity. That very moment of shooting many were gripped with fear and urgency, they hid themselves against the gunman; others were injured and killed; others were able to escape and relay their message of help in their midst, oh, such an experience that shook the inner sanctuary of every person.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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