Des Moines: At a school in USA's Des Moines, Iowa, two students were killed and one adult employee was injured in a "targeted shooting," according to the authorities.
In connection with the shooting at the school aimed to assist at-risk youngsters, three individuals have been detained.
According to police, emergency crews were called to the school at around 1 p.m. on Monday. Officers arrived to find two students critically injured, who later died at a hospital. The adult employee of the school, who was injured, is in serious condition.
Acting swiftly on the witnesses' description, the police took three suspects travelling in a car into its custody within 20 minutes of the incident.
The police have said that the incident was "definitely targeted" and there was "nothing random" about this.
With inputs from IANS