WELLINGTON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English on Thursday condemned the terror attack the killed at least five people in London.
""London is a place many thousands of New Zealanders have visited and called home, and where many more have friends and family based, so this attack feels very close to home,"" English said in a statement.
""We utterly condemn this act,"" said English.
""Innocent people should never have to fear such violence when going about their daily lives, and New Zealand stands alongside the UK in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism,"" he said.
""Our thoughts are with the people of London, and in particular with the victims of today's shocking attack, and their families and friends.""
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San Bernardino (United States) - A man walked into a school in southern California Monday and shot dead his estranged wife in front of her students, killing an eight-year-old boy in the crossfire before turning his gun on himself.
Police said local resident Cedric Anderson had checked into the office as a visitor after entering the campus in the city of San Bernardino and going to a classroom air max 90 just do it italia , where he opened fire on Karen Elaine Smith, 53, as she was teaching.
Officers said Anderson, also 53 air max 90 hyperfuse italia , had only targeted Smith but two students were caught in the crossfire and one of them, Jonathan Martinez, died later in hospital.
""This does appear to have been a murder-suicide with both male adult and female adult victim succumbing to injuries, with the male succumbing to a self-inflicted gunshot wound air max 90 leather italia ,"" Lieutenant Mike Madden of the San Bernardino Police Department told a news conference.
Police said initially the two wounded students had been listed as critical but later confirmed Martinez's death.
Students at North Park Elementary School -- which has around 500 students between kindergarten and sixth grade -- were transported to a nearby campus, where they were ""being well cared for, having snacks, playing games and watching a Disney movie air max 90 essential italia ,"" the police department tweeted.
San Bernardino, about an hour's drive east of Los Angeles, was the scene of horrific violence when Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik gunned down 14 people and wounded 22 others in December 2015 before being shot dead by police.
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At the time, before the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando air max 90 off white italia , Florida, it was the deadliest attack on US soil since September 11, 2001.
Pakistani-born Malik -- who met her future US-born husband on a Muslim dating website and married him in Saudi Arabia -- had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group on Facebook and was instrumental in radicalizing him.
Monday's shooting will likely reignite the debate on gun violence in the US, where attempts to put in place tougher gun control measures have failed air max 90 ingrosso italia , despite a series of mass killings.
In one of the most notorious school shootings in modern US history, 20 children and six staff were massacred in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.
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""School campuses are sacred spaces where children should be free to learn, play and grow without threat of violence,"" Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement.
""Today's shooting... is a reminder that deadly weapons can shatter that sense of security air max 90 ingrosso scontate , mercilessly and without warning -- leaving parents and educators struggling to address the questions, fears and anxieties that gun violence creates for our young people.""
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While losing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton vowed to fight the gun lobby during last year's election campaign, President Donald Trump promised to defend the right to bear arms and said he sometimes carried a gun.
In February, Trump signed a measure into law blocking an Obama-era rule designed to keep guns out of the hands of certain mentally ill people.