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| Inquiry to probe Virginia killing |
| Virginia's governor, Tim Kaine, has appointed an independent panel to investigate Monday's gun rampage at Virginia Tech in which 33 people died.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 20-April-2007
10:23:19 AM |
| The six-member team includes former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge.
The panel will study the treatment of gunman Cho Seung-hui in the period preceding the shootings, as well as events on the day itself.
Officials have been accused of ignoring signs that Cho, who had been identified as mentally ill, was a danger.
Eight students injured in the assault are still being treated at Montgomery Field Hospital, close to the university campus.
Seventeen people were treated for injuries after the shooting, with four undergoing major surgery.
Virginia Tech Provost Mark McNamee has announced that the 27 students that Cho killed will all receive posthumous degrees.
The first funeral ceremonies for those killed were held in Virginia on Thursday. Egyptian Waleed Mohammed Shaalan and Indonesian Partahi Lumbantoruan, both doctoral civil engineering students, will also have funeral ceremonies in their home countries.
On Friday, family members gathered in Israel for the funeral of mathematics professor Liviu Librescu.
Two people were killed at the West Ambler Johnston Hall, a university dormitory, at 0715 on Monday.
Two hours later Cho killed 30 students and teachers, plus himself, at the Norris Hall complex across campus.
Though police have not definitively linked Cho to both sets of shootings, they say the same gun was used at both locations.
Questions are being asked about the response to the first shootings and whether putting the campus on a full lockdown earlier could have saved lives
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