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The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

‘Selfless and heroic’: Iowa principal who was wounded in school shooting dies

A student holds up a sign that reads ‘I Stand With Perry’ at a gun violence protest in Des Moines, Iowa, on 8 January 2024.
A student holds up a sign that reads ‘I Stand With Perry’ at a gun violence protest in Des Moines, Iowa, on 8 January 2024. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

An Iowa high school principal who was wounded in a school shooting has died, the state’s governor said.

Dan Marburger was injured during a mass shooting at Perry high school on 4 January. One person, an 11-year-old student, was killed, and six others injured. The suspect, a 17-year-old pupil at the school, was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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