Shooter kills two Minneapolis schoolchildren in church, injures 17


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  • Wednesday, 27 Aug 2025

Law enforcement officers gather outside Annunciation Church following a mass shooting event, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Tim Evans

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) -Two children were killed and 17 other people were wounded on Wednesday at a Minneapolis Catholic school when a shooter dressed in black opened fire on students attending Mass on the third day of school, authorities said.

The assailant fired through the windows at students sitting in pews and entering the church and then killed himself, officials said. Two students, 8 years old and 10 years old, were pronounced dead at the scene, they said.

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