'My friend got hit in the back': Witnesses describe terror of US school shooting

A mass shooting occurred at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, where a 23-year-old attacker named Robin Westman opened fire during a children's Mass, killing two children and injuring 17 others before dying by suicide. The FBI is investigating the incident as an anti-Catholic hate crime, while witnesses described the terrifying scenes, including a 10-year-old boy who was protected by his friend who was shot in the back. Westman, a former pupil of the adjacent school whose mother previously worked there, reportedly approached the church and fired dozens of shots through the windows using three firearms, with police also finding a smoke bomb at the scene.