10 killed in US college shooting: Reports

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IANS San Francisco
Last Updated : Oct 02 2015 | 1:42 AM IST

A shooting at a college in the US state of Oregon on Thursday killed 10 people and injured 20 others, the media reported.

Details of the shooting, as well as the alleged shooter, at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, were not immediately known, Xinhua news agency reported.

A local fire department confirmed the shooting on Twitter and advised people to stay away from the area.

Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg wrote on Twitter that it received nine patients from the college and three more are en route, CNN reported.

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First Published: Oct 02 2015 | 1:22 AM IST

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