The US authorities reveal new information about the Texas massacre, in which 19 children were killed, and say that 20 policemen waited outside for nearly an hour before entering the classroom, and the gunman was killed.
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A woman demands gun control after the murder of children in Texas, May 27, 2022 (AFP)
US authorities said today, Friday, that terrified children called the emergency number at least 6 times from a classroom in a Texas school and pleaded with police to intervene, while about 20 police officers waited outside for nearly an hour before entering the classroom, and the gunman was killed.
The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Stephen Macro, said that at least two children called emergency services from fourth-grade classes after the gunman entered.
Macro added that the police squad leader in the area in Ovaldi, Texas, believed that Ramos was holed up inside, and that the children were no longer in danger, which gives the police time to prepare.
“Of course, when I sit quietly now, I see that the decision was not right… It was a wrong decision,” he added.
Details follow armed attack Which was carried out by an American young man on an elementary school in Texas a few days ago, so that the American authorities said that The gunman posted messages online before he committed his crime.
According to investigators, the gunman, Ramos, trapped the victims in one classroom, in the deadliest incident in nearly a decade, which once again blew up a nationwide debate over US gun laws.
The latest attack occurred 10 days after 13 people were shot at a grocery store in A predominantly black American neighborhood in Buffalo In New York, President Joe Biden called for stricter gun laws in his speech to the American people.
In recent years, the United States has seen An increase in the number of shootingsespecially in schools, according to the gun control advocacy group Evertown.