On this day in 1999, two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, walked into Columbine High School in Denver, Colorado, USA, firing automatic weapons and throwing homemade bombs. They had originally planted two home made bombs in the school's cafeteria and were planning on murdering students as they ran from the building. When the bombs failed to go off the pair entered the school wearing balaclavas and started shooting.
24 people were wounded. 12 students and one teacher were killed.
The pair then committed suicide.
It is the fourth deadliest massacre in U.S history.
The fourth...
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