Turmoil in the US l 27 killed in a Connecticut school

At least 27 people including about 18 children were killed in a shooting in a school of basic education in the U.S. town of Newtown, Connecticut. The man who opened fire at the institution, the father of one of the students , also died, said CBS News . The network CNN said that the principal and the school psychologist were also killed in the shootout. There are unconfirmed reports of a second assailant after witnesses heard dozens of shooting on location. The emergency call to the police occurred at 09:41 local time (14:41 GMT). Television pictures showed police and ambulances at the scene, while the families of the students came with haste to the education center. Sandy Hook School accommodates children between five and 10 years . There they found two guns, probably the attacker, told NBC News , without citing sources. Newtown, with a population of 27,000, is located about 128 kilometers northeast of New York. All schools in the town were closed after the shooting. A young woman interviewed by NBC Connecticut said he heard seven loud explosions when I was in gym class. The children began to mourn and teachers took students to neighboring offices said. "A police officer came and told us that us run out and we did," said an unidentified girl in front of the camera. President Barack Obama was informed of the tragedy and is receiving updated parts of the course of events. United States has suffered several shootings this year. The most recent was in Oregon, where on Tuesday a man killed two people in a shopping mall and then himself. The deadliest attack was in July, at the premiere of the latest Batman film in the state of Colorado, where a young man killed 12 people and wounded 58.