INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Two people have been killed and 17 injured in a high school shooting in the US state of Kentucky.
A 15-year-old girl died at the scene at Marshall County High School in the town of Benton and a 15-year-old boy died in hospital, said Kentucky's governor.
The attacker, a 15-year-old male student, was arrested in "a non-violent apprehension", officials said.
State police said the unidentified boy was held about 15 minutes after opening fire at 08:00 local time on Tuesday.
Kentucky school shooting: 2 Dead, 17 injured
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Posted on: 10:28 Wed, 24 January 2018
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