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On October 2, 2006, a shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostages and shot eight out of ten girls (aged 6–13), killing five, before committing suicide in the schoolhouse. The emphasis on forgiveness and reconciliation in the Amish community’s response was widely discussed in the national media. The West Nickel Mines School was torn down, and a new one-room schoolhouse, the New Hope School, was built at another location.
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Location
Bart Township,
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania,
United States
Date
October 2, 2006; 13 years ago
c. 10:25 a.m. – c. 11:07 a.m.
Target
Female students at West Nickel Mines School
Attack type
Femicide, School shooting, hostage taking, murder–suicide, mass murder
Weapons
Springfield XD 9mm handgun
Browning BPS 12 gauge pump-action shotgun
Ruger M77 .30-06 bolt-action rifle
Deaths
6 (including the perpetrator)
Injuries
5
Perpetrator Charles Carl Roberts IV
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Video Courtesy: CBS (2013)
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