Tennessee: Six people, including three children, have been killed in a shooting incident at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville.
According to international media reports, the above-mentioned incident took place after 10 am in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, USA. After killing the three children, the gunman was shot dead by the police.
The attacker was a girl, but her identity has not yet been revealed, nor has the number of injured been known. According to the police statement, the girl was carrying a semi-automatic rifle and a pistol at the time of the attack.
The school has about 33 staff members and about 260 students. Immediately after the incident, the parents of the students were called and asked to pick up their children from the school, but they were not given any information about the incident.
According to eyewitnesses, after the shooting started, many students were seen running from the building in their school uniforms. Other schools in the area have gone into lockdown as a precautionary measure.
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