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A gunman killed five Amish girls before committing suicide in a one-room schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.
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West Nickel Mines School shooting
Mass shooting in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
On October 2, 2006, a shooting occurred at the West Nickel Mines School, an Amish one-room schoolhouse in the Old Order Amish community of Nickel Mines, a village in Bart Township, Pennsylvania. Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV took hostages and shot ten girls, killing six, before…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Amish
Group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships
The Amish, formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss and Alsatian origins. As they maintain a degree of separation from surrounding populations, and hold their faith in common, the Amish have been described by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
One-room school
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One-room schoolhouses, or One-room schools, have been commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain. In most rural and small town…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Nickel Mines is a hamlet that is located in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The zip code is 17562 and the area code is 717.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)