Horror in Connecticut school: 26 killed, including 20 children

A shocking massacre took place yesterday (Friday) at an elementary school, Sandy Hook, in New town – a village in Connecticut, USA, attended by about 60 students aged 3 to 11: a young man named Adam Lenza armed with weapons, killed his mother - who served as a school teacher - at home, then committed a massacre around the school.

Lenza massacred 26 people, including 20 children, and then committed suicide.

Initially Lenza broke into his mother's classroom, where he killed 18 of her students, and then went on a massacre journey around the school, whilst killing the school principal and psychologist.

Investigation of the case revealed that the mother of Lenza was a collector of weapons, and used to train with her children on the firing range, three weapons found at the scene came from her private collection, including rifles, Glock and Sig Sauer.

The murderer's brother told investigators that although the killer was an honor student, he had few friends, and he suffered from a personality disorder.

This is the deadliest massacre which took place in an educational institution in the U.S., except for the famous massacre at Virginia Tech in 2007 - which killed 32 people.

Already on Friday night (Israel time) President Barack Obama spoke to the nation, saying: "Tonight me and Michelle hug our children tighter, but there are parents who cannot do it," Obama hinted necessary course of action in his opinion, including reducing the maintenance of private weapons: "We will have to unite and take significant action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of politics."


Obama spoke again today, and he said: "Every parent in America has pain in his heart. We do what I know every parent does - hold our children close as we can, and remind them how much we love them."

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!