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'It's really hard to believe' - How Oregon primary school shooting unfolded

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Three children aged 5, 8 and 11 and a teacher were killed after a 16-year-old suspect opened fire in the city of Bend, local police say.

What the coverage shows

All five outlets center the Bend elementary school shooting and the death toll, with BBC News and the AP giving the plainest event summary and the AP also updating the count in a later live item. The Guardian US spreads across several angles, adding victim-focused coverage, a note that the shooter was a former student, and another extract saying a bystander shot the attacker; that bystander detail appears only in The Guardian and one AP update. Al Jazeera is the only outlet here foregrounding mourning at a memorial, while the New York Times singles out the teacher and her family’s description of her “dream job.”

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