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Students Reported Killed, Hurt in Pennsylvania Attack (Update2)
By Todd Zeranski and Chris Dolmetsch
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Several pupils were killed and others were wounded by a gunman at a one-room Amish school in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, state police said.
``A number'' of people were killed, including the gunman, police spokesman Gene Kukuk said in a telephone interview from Lancaster. Six deaths were reported by the Associated Press, citing the Lancaster County coroner.
Four students were taken to Lancaster General Hospital, where three were in critical condition, spokesman John Lines said. The condition of the fourth wasn't immediately determined.
The critically injured children will be flown to pediatric hospitals in Philadelphia and Hershey, Pennsylvania, Lines said.
The Amish school is in Bart, in southeastern Lancaster County, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) west of Philadelphia.
The Amish are a Christian religious sect that stress separation from the world. Many drive horses and buggies rather than cars and do not have electricity in their homes.
Amish children attend schools until eighth grade, according to the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau's Web page.
There are about 25,000 Amish in Lancaster County, the bureau said, citing Raber's 2004 Almanac.
To contact the reporter on this story: Todd Zeranski in New York at [email protected] Chris Dolmetsch in New York at [email protected] .
Last Updated: October 2, 2006 13:24 EDT
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