US school shooting leaves two dead

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (AFP): A teenage boy opened fire with a handgun at a Kentucky high school early Tuesday, killing two fellow students and wounding more than a dozen people in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States.

The unnamed 15-year-old student, now in custody, is alleged to have carried out the attack at Marshall County High School in Benton, a small town in western Kentucky.

Two students of the same age died of gunshot wounds, while 12 other people were shot and five suffered other injuries during the shooting, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin said.

The suspected shooter was apprehended in a "non-violent" manner, and will be charged with both two counts of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder, according to Bevin.