Hours after a shooter opened fire through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, killing two children and wounding 17 people, hundreds crowded inside a nearby school’s gym, clutching one another and wiping away tears during a vigil.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she would not let anyone take away people’s voting rights, alleging that the BJP was unleashing “linguistic terror” on Bengalis.

One young boy says he was protected from gunfire in a church by a friend who lay on top of him and was shot. 

​One young boy says he was protected from gunfire in a church by a friend who lay on top of him and was shot.