BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China is shocked by the
shootings in Virginia Tech university and strongly condemns the violence, said
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao here on Tuesday.
Liu made the remarks after the U.S. police issued a
statement on the case Tuesday night.
In two shootings with a two hour interval, 33 people,
including a gunman, were killed at Virginia Tech university on Monday. It is
described as the worst campus shooting in modern U.S. history.
U.S. police identified the gunman, who committed
suicide after the attacks, as Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old from South Korea
studying at the university.
Liu said China expresses deep condolences to the dead
and sincere sympathy to the US government and the people, especially families of
the victims and those who were injured in the shootings.
He also wished the injured people an early recovery.
Earlier on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Li
Zhaoxing sent a telegram to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, expressing
"shock, condolences" and "sincere solicitude" to the U.S. government and those
affected by the shootings.
BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government on
Tuesday expressed its condolences over the shootings at Virgina Tech University
in the United States.
"China is shocked by the shootings in Virginia and
expresses deep condolences to those who lost loved ones and those who were
injured," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said. Full story
BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on Tuesday sent a letter of condolences to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice over the shooting rampage at a Virginia university.
Li
condemned the violent act and said that he was "shocked" by the shootings. Full story
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