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Two students killed in USA

28 February 2009 08:49 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Vahab Rzayev -APA. Two students from Chile were killed and three others wounded in a mass shooting in a town in Florida’s northern Panhandle, APA reports quoting France Press agency.
Walton County Sheriff’s officials said the victims were all from Chile and were participating in a program that allowed them to travel and work in the US legally during school break.
Authorities say the five were attending a house party, when a neighbor fired a rifle into the building. Sixty-year-old Dannie Baker was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.
Nicolas Corp, 22, and Racine Baldontin, 23, died at the scene. Officials said Sebastian Arizaga and Francisco Cofre are still being treated at a local hospital, while David Bilbao was released.
The government officials of Chile condemned the killing and Secretary General of the Chilean government Francisco Vidal called it a tragedy.