At least two people were killed and nine others were injured in the Dec. 13 attack at the Ivy League school Brown in Rhode Island.
President Donald Trump told a crowd at the White House in the wake of the Brown University shooting over the weekend that “anything can happen,” and expressed his “deep respect” to the families of the students killed and called for a speedy recovery for the injured.
At least two people were killed and nine others were injured in the Dec. 13 attack at the Ivy League school Brown in Rhode Island. Authorities detained a person in connection with the shooting, but later released him and resumed the search for the shooter.
“Brown University is a great school…truly one of the greatest schools in the world,” President Trump said at the White House Christmas reception on December 14th. “Anything can happen. So to the nine people who were injured, get well soon. And to the families of these two men who are no longer with us, we extend our deepest respect and respect from the United States of America.”
The Brown shooting occurred in the engineering building during final exams. University President Christina Paxson said one of the injured has been released from the hospital and most of those remaining in the hospital are in serious but stable condition.
President Trump also lamented this weekend’s deadly attacks targeting Jews in Australia and US service members in Syria.
The attack in Syria killed two Army soldiers and an interpreter who were accompanying a convoy of American and Syrian troops. Three other U.S. military personnel were injured. President Trump said the attack would “cause great damage.”
In Australia, at least 16 people were killed and many more injured in a shooting at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
While celebrating Christmas on Dec. 14, President Trump also said he wanted to say “out loud” that “we celebrate Hanukkah.”
“Because it was such a horrific attack,” he said. “It was a purely anti-Semitic attack.”
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