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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe and Gloria Oladipo

Biden laments violence and fear as Texas official says police made ‘wrong decision’

Joe Biden lamented “too much violence, too much fear, too much grief” in the latest US mass shooting as he prepared to visit Uvalde, where authorities said police had made “the wrong decision” not to storm a classroom where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers.

The US president and first lady, Jill Biden, will travel to the small southern Texas city on Sunday, five days after it was plunged into horror when an 18-year-old with a military-style rifle attacked an elementary school.

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