Nashville (AFP) - A heavily armed former student killed three young children and three staff in what appeared to be a carefully planned attack at a private elementary school in Nashville on Monday, before being shot dead by police.

‘We do not know who she is at this juncture, we are trying to identify her,’ police spokesperson says

Nashville (AFP) - Nashville police worked Tuesday to pin down a motive behind a murderous rampage that saw three elementary school pupils and three staff shot dead by a heavily armed former student in a carefully planned and executed assault.

Audrey Elizabeth Hale carried out the horror massacre at Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

Former pupil Audrey Hale was shot dead by police after killing three children and three adults

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