“We are with you as one American family”: Trump’s message after the tragedy in Florida

US President Donald Trump turned to the country on Thursday afternoon, commenting on the tragedy in Florida. Condolences to Donald Trump in connection with the tragedy were expressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“The shooter killed 17 people and wounded at least 14 others. The whole country is now praying for the victims,” Voice of America quotes Trump. – We are with you, and we will do everything necessary to ease your pain...Your suffering is ours (suffering) too. We stand with you as one American family."

The head of the White House thanked the police officers who arrived on the scene for their courage. Donald Trump said he was going to visit Florida in the near future to support the families of the dead and injured, and “continue to coordinate the investigation on the spot.”

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The president said that the administration is “cooperating with local authorities,” leading the investigation, and is going to pay special attention to the problems of mental disorders. This topic will be central to the upcoming meetings of the country's leaders with the staff of the Ministry of Justice and law enforcement agencies.

“It’s not enough to make decisions that allow us to think that we are acting,” said Donald Trump. “We need to act and work to solve these problems.”

In turn, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to US President Donald Trump in connection with the shooting at a school in Florida.

According to the Kremlin press service, the condolences were expressed in a telegram that Putin sent to Trump.

"The head of the Russian state conveyed the words of sincere sympathy and support to the families and friends of the victims, as well as the wishes of a speedy recovery to all the injured," the Kremlin said in a statement released Thursday.

As previously reported, 19-year-old Nicholas Cruz arrested on charges of premeditated murder of an 17 man in connection with the shooting in Florida, which has become one of the most massacres at school in US history.

15 people were injured in the shooting.

According to the police and former classmates Cruise, he was fond of weapons and was expelled from school for disciplinary reasons, the exact nature of which is unknown.

It is also reported that in September the FBI got warning about the possible threat of shooting at the school from the user YouTube with a nickname similar to the nickname Cruise.

School Shooting in Parkland has become The 18 episode of the armed attack for the current academic year, the organization reports Everytown for Gun Safetyin favor of tightening control over the circulation of weapons.

This is the second largest massacre at school after the 2012 attack on the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Then 20 first graders and 6 teachers died.

The most bloody attack in an educational institution in US history was the shooting at Virginia Polytechnic University in the 2007 year, when 32 people died.

Shooting in Florida has caused a new round of long-standing debate about the right to bear arms, which is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution.

Schools with an electronic security system were installed in schools throughout the country and the guard staff was increased, but at the legislative level almost no measures were taken.

“So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally unstable, even excluded from school for bad and unpredictable behavior,” wrote US President Donald Trump on his Twitter account on Thursday. - Neighbors and classmates knewthat you can expect big trouble from him. Such cases must be reported to the authorities, again and again! ”

A law enforcement officer has been assigned to each school in Broward County, Donna Korn, a member of the school board of them, told a local newspaper. Marjorie Douglas Stoneman, where the murder occurred. Schools are also preparing for shooting situations. In addition, all schools have only one entrance. “We are preparing campuses, but sometimes people still find a way to prevent such horrendous incidents,” Korn added.

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