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US police say Minneapolis church shooter ‘idolised’ mass murderers

Young people mourn as they listen to speakers during a candle light vigil at a local park for victims of the shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on August 27, 2025 [Craig Lassig/EPA]

A 23-year-old man who killed two young school students and wounded more than a dozen after opening fire on youngsters sitting in a Catholic church in the US city of Minneapolis was “filled with hatred” and “obsessed” with killing children, authorities said.

Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara said on Thursday that the suspect had fired 116 bullets through stained-glass windows while the children celebrated Mass on Wednesday during the first week of classes at the Annunciation Catholic School.

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