AA / Washington
US authorities announced on Thursday that several injuries were reported following a shooting in the town of Smithsburg, Maryland.
US authorities have yet to release details of the shooting, or the death toll. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that “the suspect no longer poses a danger to society,” reports the ABC news site.
The Maryland shooting came two weeks after an elementary school shooting in Texas that claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers.
The United States ranks first in the world in terms of gun ownership, with 393 million guns owned by citizens, knowing that guns owned by individuals in the rest of the world amount to 857 million. ‘units.
* Translated from Arabic by Mounir Bennour.
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