Related: Shooter identified as student from S Korea

    LONDON, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday expressed British "profound sadness" to the United States at the "terrible loss of innocent lives" in university shootings, which killed 33 and injured more than a dozen.

    "I would like to express, on behalf of Britain and the British people, our profound sadness at what has happened and to send the American people, and most especially of course the families of the victims, our sympathy and our prayers," Blair said at his monthly press conference.

    A gunman massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history Monday, cutting down his victims in two attacks two hours apart before the university could grasp what was happening and warn students.

    Virginia Tech police chief Wendell Flinchum said at a press conference Tuesday that the gunman was a 23-year-old South Korean named Cho Seung-Hui.

    Meanwhile, Colonel Steve Flaherty, Superintendent of Virginia State Police, said the same gun was used in the two shootings at the university, suggesting there was only one gunman.