BREAKING NEWS: Red Lake

Eight Dead in US School Shooting

At least eight people have been killed and about 14 injured when a gunmen opened fire at a school in the northern US state of Minnesota, officials say.

The gunman - a local student - was believed to be among the dead in the mid-afternoon shooting at Red Lake High School, FBI spokesman Paul McCabe said.

Police have launched an investigation into the incident at the school on the Red Lake Indian Reservation.

The school - close to the Canadian border - has about 300 students.

The dead include two male students - including the gunman - two female students, a teacher, a security guard, and a man and woman shot earlier at another location, Mr McCabe said.

Eyewitnesses are quoted as saying that the whole reservation has been locked down by police who had set up road blocks.

The reservation is home to Indians of the Chippewa tribe.

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Published: 2005/03/22 00:47:54 GMT

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