US factory worker in gun rampage

US factory worker in gun rampage

Police in the US state of Kentucky say a member of staff at a plant shot four people dead before killing himself.

The shooting, in the city of Henderson, happened after the employee at Atlantis Plastics had an argument with a supervisor, authorities said.
 
Police Lieutenant David Piller told AP news agency that two other people were injured in the killing spree and flown to hospitals in Evansville, Indiana.
 
Lt Piller said the employee used a handgun he got from home on his break.
 
A police spokesman told the BBC News website the shooting happened at just after midnight on Wednesday at 1218 (0418GMT).
 
He said one of the survivors was in a critical condition.
 

PHOTO CAPTION:

Breaking news

 

BBC

Related Articles

Hajj virtues

  • The Accepted Hajj

    It was narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, sallallaahu...

  • School of Faith in Ten Days of Thul-Hijjah

    The believing human self needs strong provocations in order to awaken whenever it is enveloped by laziness in...

  • The Status of Hajj in Islam

    Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam; Allah, The Exalted, ordained it in the ninth year after Hijrah (the Prophet's,...