A former student armed with an AR-15 rifle opened fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, officials said, in a harrowing shooting spree that saw terrified students hiding in closets and under desks as they texted for help. “He had countless magazines, multiple magazines, and at this point, we believe he had one AR-15 rifle,” the sheriff added. “My very own triplets went to that school.”A teacher at the school told The Miami Herald that Cruz had been identified previously as a potential threat to his classmates. “This is very sad to me and our family too,” 61-year-old Joseph Panikulangara, whose 17-year-old niece Dhiya attends the school, told AFP. “No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school,” he said on Twitter.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 15, 2018 03:11 UTC