14 die in US citizenship centre massacre

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BINGHAMTON, New York, April 4 (AFP): A lone killer armed with at least two handguns massacred 13 people at a citizenship centre in New York state Friday before apparently shooting himself, police said.
The slayings took place on the main floor of the American Civic Association in Binghamton, 217 kilometres northwest of New York city.
The gunman, reported by media outlets to be of Vietnamese origin, had barricaded a car against the back door of the centre to prevent escape. He then entered the front of the building and opened fire, apparently committing suicide soon after.
Dozens more people spent four hours cowering in the centre's basement, waiting to be told by police that they were safe to leave.
Local police chief Joseph Zikuski said that there were "14 confirmed dead in the building" and that he had "very good reason to believe that the shooter is among the dead at the scene."
"We removed safely 37 people. Four people we removed are wounded. All four are listed in critical condition," Zikuski told a press conference.
However, he cautioned "by no means are we 100 per cent sure" about the killer's body being among those at the building.