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Columbine High School Massacre (view source)
Revision as of 23:59, February 6, 2010
, 23:59, February 6, 2010Columbine High School is a public school
[[Image:Columbine.jpg|right|thumb|Grieving Columbine students]]
[[Image:Columbine.jpg|right|thumb|Grieving Columbine students]]
'''Columbine massacre ''' refers to a massacre by two students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris,<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SUSPECTS_TEXT.htm</ref> who killed 12 students and a teacher, and wounded 23 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Littleton, [[Colorado]], on April 20, 1999.
'''Columbine massacre ''' refers to a massacre by two students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris,<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/SUSPECTS_TEXT.htm</ref> who killed 12 students and a teacher, and wounded 23 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, a [[public school]] in Littleton, [[Colorado]], on April 20, 1999.
The killers were anti-religion, anti-establishment, antisocial; they sought out as victims [[Christianity|Christians]] and popular athletes. The killers were [[darwinists]]; they admired [[Charles Darwin]]'s theory of [[natural selection]]. The killers planned their attack beforehand and investigators later found descriptions in their notes about their intentions to kill. One of the murders wore a T-Shirt displaying the text "NATURAL SELECTION" on the day of the massacre.
The killers were anti-religion, anti-establishment, antisocial; they sought out as victims [[Christianity|Christians]] and popular athletes. The killers were [[darwinists]]; they admired [[Charles Darwin]]'s theory of [[natural selection]]. The killers planned their attack beforehand and investigators later found descriptions in their notes about their intentions to kill. One of the murders wore a T-Shirt displaying the text "NATURAL SELECTION" on the day of the massacre.
[[Image:Eric harris dylan klebold.jpg|right|thumb|Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, perpetrators of the massacre, caught on Columbine High School's security cameras in the cafeteria shortly before committing suicide.]]
[[Image:Eric harris dylan klebold.jpg|right|thumb|Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, perpetrators of the massacre, caught on Columbine High School's security cameras in the cafeteria shortly before committing suicide.]]
A moving photo gallery of the young students is available online.<ref>http://www.acolumbinesite.com/victim/memoriam.html</ref> Also online is the much-criticized official report of the massacre.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/TOC.htm</ref>
A moving photo gallery of the young students is available online.<ref>http://www.acolumbinesite.com/victim/memoriam.html</ref> Also online is the much-criticized official report of the massacre.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/columbine.cd/Pages/TOC.htm</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Public school culture]]
== References ==
== References ==