Other witnesses said the gunmen were targeting students from ethnic minorities and popular athletes.Īs FBI agents and specialist firearms teams made their way through the carnage, a bomb set on a time device exploded.Īt least 12 other bombs were found throughout the school, said police. "He said he would kill everyone who had been mean to him and his friends over the last year," she said. One girl told police she was in the library when one of the boys burst in and began firing shots. The pair are said to have belonged to a group known as the "trench coat mafia" who boasted about owning guns and were alienated from the other children. They have been named as Eric Harris, 18, and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold. The bodies of the two suspects, who had apparently shot themselves, were later found in the library.Įxplosive devices are said to have been found on or near the suspects' bodies. The students, wearing balaclavas and trench coats, rampaged through Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado, firing automatic weapons and throwing homemade bombs. 1999: Students 'kill dozens' at Denver schoolĪ shooting spree by two American high school students is feared to have left up to 25 people dead and injured at least 15 others.
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