Major shootings at schools, universities

DETAILS of some recent major shootings at schools and universities around the world: * March 1996: A gunman burst into a primary school in Dunblane in Scotland and shot dead 16 children and their teacher before killing himself.

* March 1998: At Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, two boys, 13 and 11, set off the fire alarm and killed four pupils and a teacher as they left the school. * May 1998: In Springfield, Oregon, a student opened fire in Thurston High School, killing two students and injuring 22.The boy’s parents were later found slain in their home.* April 1999: Two student gunmen killed 12 other students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, before killing themselves.* June 2001: Mamoru Takuma, armed with a kitchen knife, entered the Ikeda Elementary School near Osaka and killed eight children.Takuma was executed.* January 2002: A student who had been dismissed from the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, killed the dean, a professor and a student.* February 2002 – In Freising, in Bavaria, a former student thrown out of trade school shot three people before killing himself.Another teacher was injured.* April 26, 2002: In Erfurt, eastern Germany, a gunman opened fire after he said he was not going to take a maths test .Eighteen people died.* Sept 1 2004: 333 hostages – at least 186 of them children – died in the storming of a school in Beslan, after it was seized by rebels demanding Chechen independence.* March 21 2005: A 16-year-old high school student shot dead five students a teacher, and a security guard at the same school at Minnesota’s Red Lake Indian Reservation.He had also killed his grandfather and his grandfather’s companion elsewhere on the reservation.* Oct 2 2006: Charles Carl Roberts, a dairy truck driver with a grudge, attacked a one-room Amish school in rural Pennsylvania, shot ten girls, killing five of them, before killing himself.* Nov 20 2006: An 18-year old former pupil opened fire after storming the Scholl school in the town of Emsdetten.Eleven people were wounded before he committed suicide.Nampa-Reuters* May 1998: In Springfield, Oregon, a student opened fire in Thurston High School, killing two students and injuring 22.The boy’s parents were later found slain in their home.* April 1999: Two student gunmen killed 12 other students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, before killing themselves.* June 2001: Mamoru Takuma, armed with a kitchen knife, entered the Ikeda Elementary School near Osaka and killed eight children.Takuma was executed.* January 2002: A student who had been dismissed from the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, killed the dean, a professor and a student.* February 2002 – In Freising, in Bavaria, a former student thrown out of trade school shot three people before killing himself.Another teacher was injured.* April 26, 2002: In Erfurt, eastern Germany, a gunman opened fire after he said he was not going to take a maths test .Eighteen people died.* Sept 1 2004: 333 hostages – at least 186 of them children – died in the storming of a school in Beslan, after it was seized by rebels demanding Chechen independence.* March 21 2005: A 16-year-old high school student shot dead five students a teacher, and a security guard at the same school at Minnesota’s Red Lake Indian Reservation.He had also killed his grandfather and his grandfather’s companion elsewhere on the reservation.* Oct 2 2006: Charles Carl Roberts, a dairy truck driver with a grudge, attacked a one-room Amish school in rural Pennsylvania, shot ten girls, killing five of them, before killing himself.* Nov 20 2006: An 18-year old former pupil opened fire after storming the Scholl school in the town of Emsdetten.Eleven people were wounded before he committed suicide.Nampa-Reuters