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Student kills 3, wounds 8 at Michigan high school in USA

Three people were killed and eight more were wounded as a result of shooting at a high school in Oxford, Michigan (USA). Associated Press reports.

The suspect is a 15-year-old student. The police detained him a few minutes after arriving at the school. The motives and name of the shooter are still unknown.

The deceased are students at the age of 14 — 17.

One of them died in a police car on the way to a hospital. A teacher is among the wounded; he was discharged from the hospital with a minor injury to his shoulder. Seven more wounded students are in the hospital, condition of some of them is serious.

The suspect is known to have fired from a semi-automatic pistol that his father bought him last week. The detainee’s parents visited him at the police station and advised not to testify to the investigators.

According to the authorities, threats to attack the school appeared on local social media on the eve of the shooting.

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