In another display of domestic terror, the US has endured one of their worst mass shootings ever. A 20-year-old gunman killed his mother at home, then cruised down the road to his old school, and ended the lives of 20 kids and six adults. Then himself.

This, from Sky News:

America is in shock after a young man murdered his mother at home before gunning down 20 children and six adults in an elementary school.

The masked gunman, named as 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who was wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying two handguns, killed himself at the end of his shooting spree, bringing the death toll to 28.

The rampage in Newtown, Connecticut, is the fourth gun massacre in five months in the United States and the pupils of Sandy Hook elementary school among the youngest victims ever of a mass shooting.

Frightened students who were rushed from the building by police were told to close their eyes. Children – some crying, others looking frightened – were escorted through a parking lot in a line, hands on each other’s shoulders.

An emotional President Obama wiped tears from his eyes as he told a stunned country: “Our hearts are broken today.”

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Terrible. It’s just terrible.