INTERNATIONAL NEWS - The teenager accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school on Wednesday has confessed to the shooting, police say.
Nikolas Cruz, 19, said he arrived on campus and began shooting students before abandoning his weapon and escaping, according to a court document.
He has appeared in court charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
The FBI has admitted it received a tip-off about him last year.
The attack, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, is the deadliest US school shooting since 2012.
Florida school shooting: Nikolas Cruz confesses to police
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Posted on: 14:36 Fri, 16 February 2018
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