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Former student Audrey Hale, 28, shot dead six people before being killed by police

Mental health treatment, a manifesto and plans for further attacks and chilling final messages to a friend. Here’s what we know about the Nashville school shooter

In the wake of the recent Nashville primary school shooting in the US, the debate over gun violence has resurfaced. Today's focus takes us to Japan, a country known for its low murder rates. Although gun ownership is not uncommon in Japan, it is tightly regulated. Japan's anti-gun culture has…

A former Christian school student who returned with assault rifles to kill three children and three adults had been stashing guns at her parent’s home.

Katherine Koonce, 60, was found in a hallway by herself where police say she was ‘assassinated’ by shooter

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Dr Katherine Koonce, the 60-year-old principal, was found lying dead inside a corridor after Audrey Hale, 28, was gunned down by police following the fatal shooting which killed six in Nashville, US

Far-right Missouri senator accused of selectively invoking hate crime laws after characterizing shooting as attack on Christians

Assault firearms with ‘phenomenal lethality’ have flooded the US market, with firms making more than $1bn profit in the last decade