Six members of staff and 20 children, all aged six or seven, were shot dead by Adam Lanza on Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
Last Published: Mon, Dec 17 2012. 12 16 PM IST
A woman pays her respects at makeshift altar to the victims of an elementary school shooting after attending Sunday’s Mass at St Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Connecticut. AFP
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US President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for the victims and relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Obama pledged effort to reduce violence in the country in the wake of these shootings. AFP
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Mourners at the Connecticut elementary school. AFP
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Newtown residents hold candles at a memorial for victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School. AFP
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Twenty seven wooden angles stand in a yard down the street from the Sandy Hook School. AFP
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A police officer wipes her eys as she removes flowers from a busy intersection in Newtown, Connecticut, which they said they were afraid the memorial, left for the Sandy Hook Elementary school victims, may cause a traffic hazard. AFP
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People gather for a prayer vigil at St Rose Church for the elementary school shooting victims in Newtown, Connecticut. AFP
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A mother hangs angel wings that her daughter was wearing at a makeshift shrine to pay tribute to the victims of an elementary school shooting in Newtown. AFP
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A group of nuns leave after paying their respects at a makeshift shrine to the victims of a elementary school shooting in Newtown. AFP
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Gun control supporters take part in a candlelight vigil at Lafayette Square across from the White House on 15 December in Washington. The school shooting incident also reignited the perennial debate about gun laws in America. AFP
