A student on their FIRST DAY back at school has shot six people, one of them fatally, at a high school in the US state of Iowa before taking his own life on the first day back from holiday break, police said.
A “pretty rudimentary” improvised explosive device was found by investigators at Perry High School, police said, and rendered safe.
Five of those shot were students and one is a school administrator.
The student that died was in sixth-grade, which is for 11 or 12-year-olds.
Reports of an active shooter came in at 07:37 local time (13:37 GMT) and the first officer reached the scene within minutes, police said.
Speaking to reporters after the shooting, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Assistant Director Mitch Mortvedt said that officers responding to the scene quickly found what they determined to be the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Members of the community however gathered in Wiese park holding candles for a vigil for the victims on Thursday evening.
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