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| Virginia Tech students graduate |
| The US university where 32 students and staff were killed in a gun rampage has held its annual graduation ceremony.
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 12-May-2007
2:8:8 AM |
| Thousands of students were honoured at Virginia Tech, where student Cho Seung-hui, 23, went on a shooting spree before killing himself.
Some 5,000 students graduated at the ceremony, attended by 30,000 people.
The 27 dead students are receiving posthumous degrees, and diplomas will be handed out at smaller ceremonies in individual colleges on Saturday.
"Our hearts are saddened and our minds are troubled," Virginia Tech President Charles Steger said in an address to the graduates on Friday.
The former commander of US armed forces in the Middle East, Gen John Abizaid, whose son attends the university, was the keynote speaker.
"While we are saddened by the loss of those who cannot be here today, I believe that they would want this ceremony to commemorate both the tragedy of yesterday and the promise of tomorrow," he said.
Security at the university in Blacksburg was heightened for the graduation weekend, with extra police deployed at the campus.
"Virginia Tech remains under a state of alert since April 16th," said spokesman Mark Owczarski, adding that the visible police presence brings a "sense of safety and protection".
In addition, he said Gen Abizaid "brings with him a degree of security".
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