Four University of Idaho students found dead near campus in US
Police say they are investigating the ‘suspected homicide’ of the students in the college town of Moscow.
Police in the US state of Idaho say they are investigating the deaths of four university students whose bodies were found in a home near the campus.
The deaths have been classified as suspected homicides, according to police in Moscow, a college town in north-central Idaho.
The bodies of the students from the University of Idaho were discovered on Sunday after police responded to a report about an unconscious person, the city administration said in a statement.
No additional details were available, including the cause of death.
All classes for Monday were cancelled, the university said, and are set to resume on Tuesday.
Three dead, two injured in University of Virginia campus shooting
Police identified a student, Christopher Darnell Jones, as the suspect, and warned people to remain sheltered in place.
Police officers at the site of a Virginia Tech shooting
This is not the first time that a university campus in Virginia has witnessed a shooting incident
A shooting on the campus of the University of Virginia has killed three people and wounded two others, police said in a tweet.
“As of this writing, I am heartbroken to report that the shooting has resulted in three fatalities; two additional victims were injured and are receiving medical care,” university president James E Ryan wrote in a message to the community early on Monday morning.
“We are working closely with the families of the victims, and we will share additional detail as soon as we are able.
“Our University Police Department has joined forces with other law enforcement agencies to apprehend the suspect, and we will keep our community apprised of developments as the situation evolves.
Classes for Monday were cancelled, and counselling and psychological support would be made available to students and faculty, Ryan added.
Eva Surovell, the editor-in-chief of the Cavalier Daily student newspaper, told The Washington Post that people are “genuinely scared”.
“The second we all got that message that there was an active shooter, my phone flooded with messages,” she said. “You just don’t really think something could happen like this to your community until it does.”
This is not the first time that a university campus in Virginia has witnessed a shooting incident.
In February this year, two campus police officers were shot dead at Bridgewater College after reports of a suspicious man near a school building.
