A gunman has attacked an Amish school in the US state of Pennsylvania.
A number of people have been shot dead in a gun attack at an Amish school in the US state of Pennsylvania.
Several people are said to have died in the attack on the one-room schoolhouse in the town of Nickell Mines in Lancaster County.
The attack happened at a one-room school in the town of Nickel Mines in Lancaster County.
"There are a number of people dead," Police Cpl Ralph Striebig said. "The exact number I do not know yet."
"There are a number of people dead," Police Cpl Ralph Striebig said. "The exact number I do not know yet."
TV footage has shown dozens of emergency workers carrying victims on stretchers, watched by anxious members of the Amish community.
TV footage has shown dozens of emergency workers carrying victims on stretchers, watched by anxious members of the Amish community.
The Amish are Anabaptist Christians who live separate from the modern world, with restrictions on the use of modern devices such as cars and telephones.
The Amish are Anabaptist Christians who live separate from the modern world, with restrictions on the use of modern devices such as cars and telephones.
Jack Lewis, a spokesman from Pennsylvania state police, said an unidentified gunman walked into the school.
Mr Lewis said the gunman reportedly ordered some of the children to leave and some to stay.
He is then reported to have opened fire on the remaining children before turning the gun on himself.
The school has pupils up to the age of 14-years-old and is believed to have been used by about 20-30 children.
Police have sealed off the area around the small rural town, about 60 miles (100km) north of the city of Baltimore.
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