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France offers condolence over U.S. campus shootings
Source: Xinhuanet | 04-17-2007 10:17
Special Report: Deadliest US college massacre |
Police officer Skip Vaughn guards the perimeter of the Virginia Tech campus as students evacuate after a gunman shot dozens of people on the university campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, April 16, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
PARIS, April 16 (Xinhua) -- French President Jacques Chirac on Monday sent his condolence to the United States, following the campus shootings happened in Virginia Tech, leaving at least 32people dead.
"The president of the Republic has known with horror and consternation the shootings of Virginia University," according to a statement issued by the presidential office.
"He sent to President Bush, to the families of the victims and to American people his most saddened condolence and his complete solidarity, in the name of himself and French people," the statement said.
A gunman opened fire during a two-hour span in a dormitory and a classroom at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, in southwestern Virginia, eastern U.S., leaving at least 32 people including the suspect gunman dead and more than dozen others wounded on Monday, media reports said.
This incident was believed to be the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history.
Editor:Du Xiaodan
