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| Police have named a student who shot dead at least 30 people at a US university as Cho Seung-hui, a 23-year-old from South Korea. | Police have named a student who shot dead at least 30 people at a US university as Cho Seung-hui, a 23-year-old from South Korea. |
| He was studying English and had been living on the university campus. He killed himself after the rampage. | He was studying English and had been living on the university campus. He killed himself after the rampage. |
| Police said a gun found at the scene was also used at an earlier shooting in which two people were killed. | Police said a gun found at the scene was also used at an earlier shooting in which two people were killed. |
| It was the worst school attack in US history. A memorial service is to be held at the university on Tuesday. | It was the worst school attack in US history. A memorial service is to be held at the university on Tuesday. |
| US President George Bush and his wife Laura are expected to attend. | US President George Bush and his wife Laura are expected to attend. |
| The shootings on Monday occurred in two separate locations, two hours apart. | The shootings on Monday occurred in two separate locations, two hours apart. |
| CHO SEUNG-HUI 23 years oldSouth KoreanFinal year studentStudying EnglishLived on campus 'Loner' behind massacre Victims' profiles | |
| The first took place at 0715 (1215 GMT), at West Ambler Johnston Hall dormitory. | The first took place at 0715 (1215 GMT), at West Ambler Johnston Hall dormitory. |
| Then, at about 0915 (1415 GMT), 30 people were killed in the second shooting at Norris Hall, about half a mile (800 metres) from the first, on the same campus. | Then, at about 0915 (1415 GMT), 30 people were killed in the second shooting at Norris Hall, about half a mile (800 metres) from the first, on the same campus. |
| Police confirmed that two handguns - 9mm and 22mm weapons - were recovered at the scene of the second shooting, and that one of them was also used in the first incident. | |
| "It's certainly reasonable for us to assume that Cho was the shooter in both places," police said. | "It's certainly reasonable for us to assume that Cho was the shooter in both places," police said. |
| However, they have not ruled out that a second gunman could have been involved. | However, they have not ruled out that a second gunman could have been involved. |
| Police said Cho Seung-hui was a South Korean living legally in the US. | |
| Larry Hincker, associate vice president for university relations at Virginia Tech, described him as a "loner", and said officials had difficulty finding information about him. | |
| Victims were found in at least four classrooms as well as a stairwell Colonel Steve FlahertyVirginia State Police US media soul-searching href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=6121&edition=1&ttl=20070416213559">Send us your reaction | |
| At a press conference on Tuesday the superintendent of Virginia state police, Colonel Steve Flaherty, described the scene of the massacre. | |
| "Personal effects were strewn about the entire second floor of Norris Hall so it made it much more difficult for us to identify students and faculty members that were victims," he said. | |
| "Victims were found in at least four classrooms as well as a stairwell. We know that there were a number of heroic events that took place within minutes of this tragedy unfolding. | |
| "The gunman was discovered among several of the victims in one of the classrooms. He had taken his own life." | |
| The university said all classes would be suspended for the rest of the week, while Norris Hall would remain closed for the rest of the semester. | |
| Anger | |
| Some students complained angrily that they had received no warning from the university until an e-mail more than two hours after the first incident. | |
| Student Billy Bason, 18, said: "I think the university has blood on their hands because of their lack of action after the first incident." | Student Billy Bason, 18, said: "I think the university has blood on their hands because of their lack of action after the first incident." |
| Among the dead were profs Liviu Librescu (L) and GV Loganathan (R) | |
| University president Charles Steger defended the university's actions after the initial shooting, saying: "We had no reason to suspect any other incident was going to occur. | University president Charles Steger defended the university's actions after the initial shooting, saying: "We had no reason to suspect any other incident was going to occur. |
| "We can only make decisions based on the information you had at the time. You don't have hours to reflect on it." | "We can only make decisions based on the information you had at the time. You don't have hours to reflect on it." |
| Police said they had thought the first incident was isolated and "domestic" and that the gunman had left the campus. | Police said they had thought the first incident was isolated and "domestic" and that the gunman had left the campus. |
| Erin Sheehan, a witness to the second shooting, described the gunman as "a little bit under six-feet tall, young looking, Asian, dressed sort of strangely, almost like a boy scout, very short-sleeved light, tan shirt and some sort of ammo vest with black over it". | Erin Sheehan, a witness to the second shooting, described the gunman as "a little bit under six-feet tall, young looking, Asian, dressed sort of strangely, almost like a boy scout, very short-sleeved light, tan shirt and some sort of ammo vest with black over it". |
| WORST US SCHOOLS SHOOTINGS 1 August 1966 - Sniper Charles Whitman kills 14 people and injures dozens at University of Texas20 April 1999 - Two teenagers at Columbine High School, Colorado, kill 13 before killing themselves21 March 2005 - A teenager on an Indian reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota, kills nine In pictures: Virginia shootings href="/1/hi/world/americas/6563721.stm">Keeping campuses safe | |
| Virginia Tech and police said they would not name the victims of the attacks until all had been identified, and their families informed. | Virginia Tech and police said they would not name the victims of the attacks until all had been identified, and their families informed. |
| However, some of the names of the victims emerged when their families or colleagues volunteered the information. | However, some of the names of the victims emerged when their families or colleagues volunteered the information. |
| At least two of the dead were university professors. | At least two of the dead were university professors. |
| One was GV Loganathan, 51, an Indian-born lecturer in civil and environmental engineering, and another was Liviu Librescu, a Romanian-born Israeli expert on aeronautical engineering. | One was GV Loganathan, 51, an Indian-born lecturer in civil and environmental engineering, and another was Liviu Librescu, a Romanian-born Israeli expert on aeronautical engineering. |