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Diasporia News of Monday, 16 April 2007

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Gunman kills 31 in US college massacre

"I am alive" - Ghanaian Student
BLACKSBURG, Va. - A Virginia Tech senior from South Korea was behind the massacre of at least 30 people locked inside a campus building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the university said Tuesday.

A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history, government officials told The Associated Press. The gunman was killed, bringing to death toll to 31, but it was unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life.

GHP recevied an email from a Ghanaian student, (used the name Kwame) who simply wrote "I am alive. Let the people know"