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"This town is heartbroken, devastated," says Adolfo Hernandez, whose nephew was at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. "You just want to pinch yourself and wake up from that horrible nightmare," he tells AFP.The tight-knit Latino community in the town is wracked with grief after a teen in body armor marched into an elementary school and killed 19 small children and two teachers, in the latest spasm of deadly gun violence in America.
Former US president Donald Trump rejects calls for tightened gun controls, following the Texas school massacre, saying decent Americans should be allowed the firearms they need to defend themselves against "evil." Trump's remarks came as he headlined an NRA event in Houston, three days after an 18-year-old gunman with a legally-bought AR-15-style rifle killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, marking the deadliest school shooting in the state's history.
Former US president Donald Trump says "law-abiding citizens" should be allowed the firearms they need, to defend themselves against "evil" to members of the National Rifle Association, rejecting calls for tightened gun controls following the Texas school massacre. SOUNDBITE
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announces that US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will travel to the Texan town of Uvalde on Sunday. SOUNDBITE
Pope Francis says his "heart aches for the massacre at the primary school in Texas," which left at least 19 children and two teachers dead. "It is time to say enough is enough to indiscriminate arms trafficking," he adds after his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square.
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