Subjects: US school shooting
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JOURNALIST:
.....do you have any response to the shootings in the American
schoolyard this morning?
PRIME MINISTER:
Well like everbody I'm shocked, and it's a tragic event.
An appalling event of terrorism in a free country and it sickens all
of us when something like that happens. What else can one say except
that I'm deeply sorry. We feel shocked. It's an awful reminder
of a tragic event in Australia's recent history and I feel for
the American people, and particularly for the families of those who
have been taken by this awful event.
JOURNALIST:
[inaudible]
PRIME MINISTER:
Well I do them now and I will do them more formally in the next few
hours to the President.
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