Images: Newtown remembers school shooting victims
The shooting at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut has shocked America and the world. Some images from the vigil and in the town that was the scene of the second-deadliest school shooting in US history.
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Twenty seven wooden angles stand in a yard down the street from the Sandy Hook School 16 December, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty-six people were shot dead, including twenty children, after a gunman identified as Adam Lanza opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Lanza also reportedly had committed suicide at the scene. Adam shot his mother Nancy Lanza,at their home before he proceeded to attack the school.Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Candles surround gifts and flowers that were left in honour of the victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school. Jared Wickerham/Getty Images
People gather at a memorial for victims near the school on the first Sunday following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Mario Tama/ Getty Images
People mourn prior to US President Barack Obama giving a speech at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
US President Barack Obama waits to speak at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 16, 2012 at Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut. Olivier Douliery/Getty Images
Kate Suba, left, Jaden Albrecht, center, and Simran Chand pay their respects at one of the makeshift memorials in honour of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Mary Altafer/AP
A couple pays their respects at one of the makeshift memorials in honour of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Mary Altafer/AP