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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Dec 2012

    Barack #Obama arrives in #Newtown Connecticut to meet families of high school shooting victimshttp://bbc.in/12uhmFo 

    2:49 PM - 16 Dec 2012
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      1. (((Michael Litherland)))‏ @mike_litherland 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking - not high-school, minor error.

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      1. Molly Ariotti‏ @mollyshewrote 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking No, families of ELEMENTARY school shooting victims.

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      1. L Vega‏ @lorenamvs 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking high school?

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      1. Gurb‏ @Gurbns 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking you mean elementary school.

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      1. Amanda Seeley‏ @ASeeley75 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking You mean Elementary School Shooting.

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      1. wangspeed‏ @wang770811 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking it is big wrong for bbc

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      1. kiesh kiesh ♉‏ @_kieshadanielle 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Elementary*

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      1. Vivian Vego‏ @vivianvego 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Andy Murray should visit Sandy Hook. He will be an inspiration and comfort to the families.

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      1. Erica Leduc  📖‏ @Ericat44 16 Dec 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking double check the tweet, you put highschool instead of elementary school :)

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      1. Tasha‏ @Macchic81Hicks 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking it was an elementary school

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      1. Dave Naylor‏ @Nobby7694 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking not a high school

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      1. Kchnwtch‏ @kchnwtch 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking elementary school

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      1. Makeup by Kim S‏ @MakeupbyKimS 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking it was an elementary school!!!

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      1. mommacatz‏ @mommacatz 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking The children in Newtown were 6 & 7 yrs old, so elementary school not high school. (i.e. primary, not secondary)

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      1. Kevin‏ @kevinmotel 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking its a grade school. Kids age 6 to 7. Damn that was hard to type without tears welling up.

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      1. Dr Surinder Singh‏ @SurinderDr 16 Dec 2012
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        @BBCBreaking He is shedding crocodile tears, where is the police, the law, innocent people and children are repeatedly targeted

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