Two people have been killed and about twenty injured in a shooting at a church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the northern US. It was holding a service for Catholic school students, at least ten children were taken to hospital, CBS News reported.
Annunciation School at the church of the same name provides secular education for children from pre-kindergarten age to 14 – 15 years old. The attacker is dead, CBS and Fox9 channel reported, believed to have committed suicide.
The church service begins at 8:15 a.m. Police received a report of the shooting around 8:27, Fox9 reported. According to CBS, the shooting started around 8: 45. about an hour later, authorities said there was no danger to local residents.