Bush says he is "shocked, saddened" by Virginia Tech shooting

President George W. Bush makes a statement about the fatal shooting at Virginia Tech University while in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington April 16, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush, in a brief statement at the White House on Monday, said he was "shocked and saddened" at the shooting took place at the Virginia Tech.

    Bush said it appeared that more than 30 people had been killed and many more wounded in the shooting rampage and promised his administration's full effort in investigating the shooting.  Full story

Virginia Tech authorities investigating identities of killed, gunman

Law enforcement officers enter a hall on the Virginia Tech campus with heavy weapons after a gunman shot dozens of people on the university campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, April 16, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Virginia Tech authorities and the police are investigating the identities of those killed as well as the gunman in the campus shooting rampage, a Virginia Tech spokeswoman told Xinhua on Monday.

    It is not immediately known if there is any Chinese students among the killed or wounded. U.S. media said there are a total of over 2,000 international students in the Virginia Tech and about half are from India and China.  Full story

Backgrounder: Deadly campus shootings in U.S.

    WASHINGTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- In a deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history, a gunman killed at least 22 people and injured more than two dozens of others at a university in Virginia during a two-hour span on Monday. The following is a list of fatal shootings at U.S. schools in recent years:  Full story

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