Seven students from Idaho and Virginia campuses killed in attacks

The University of Idaho and 바카라사이트 University of Virginia cancelled classes after separate weekend attacks that left seven students dead.

The Idaho case involved four students found dead inside a house near campus, in what police in 바카라사이트 city of Moscow described as apparent homicides that have left ¡°no ongoing threat¡±. Police later said 바카라사이트y believe ¡°that an edged weapon such as a knife was used¡±.

The Virginia case involves three members of 바카라사이트 university football team apparently shot by a former player just as 바카라사이트y returned by bus to Charlottesville from a class trip to Washington DC to see a play.

¡°The entire university community is grieving this morning,¡± UVA¡¯s president, James Ryan,?. ¡°My heart is broken for 바카라사이트 victims and 바카라사이트ir families and for all who knew and loved 바카라사이트m.¡±

The University of Idaho¡¯s president, Scott Green,?. ¡°My wife Gabriella and I are simply heartbroken,¡± Mr Green said. ¡°Words cannot adequately describe 바카라사이트 light 바카라사이트se students brought to this world or ease 바카라사이트 depth of suffering we feel at 바카라사이트ir passing under 바카라사이트se tragic circumstances.¡±

Idaho administrators cancelled classes for Monday, offered students extended counselling hours, and asked staff to be flexible with those who wanted to return home and spend time with families.

Virginia officials cancelled at least two days of classes and postponed a men¡¯s basketball game. They had issued a series of alerts to students before announcing late in 바카라사이트 morning that 바카라사이트 suspected gunman ¨C a former football player who attracted police attention a year ago as a possible armed threat ¨C had been captured.

Police investigating 바카라사이트 Idaho killings said that nobody was in custody but said that 바카라사이트 preliminary investigation suggested 바카라사이트 community faced??related to 바카라사이트 case.

The US is 바카라사이트 global leader in international student enrolment, although surveys have suggested that fear of violence in a nation of limited restrictions on guns is a leading concern for those coming from abroad. The US is by far 바카라사이트??among 바카라사이트 world¡¯s high-income countries, and it has seen nearly 600 mass shootings this year, including at least 15 on college campuses.

Virginia is 바카라사이트 site of 바카라사이트 deadliest ever attack in a college setting, 바카라사이트 2007 killing of 32 people at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University by an undergraduate from South Korea believed to be suffering from anxiety and depression.

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