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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Safiyah Riddle

Parents of students killed in Minneapolis church shooting share emotional pleas

Minneapolis Shooting Victims - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The parents of the two schoolchildren fatally shot in a Minneapolis church spoke out for the first time on Thursday afternoon, imploring the shaken community to address the root causes of shootings that target schools.

Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, were killed on Wednesday morning when a shooter opened fire at a Mass that hundreds of students at Annunciation Catholic School attended.

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