Funerals for Amish school victims - BBC News

The Amish community appealed for privacy after the killings Funerals for four of the five Amish girls killed in a schoolroom massacre on Monday have taken place in the US state of Pennsylvania. Hundreds of mourners gathered as the four, aged seven to 12, were laid to rest in the small town of Nickel Mines. Each girl was buried in a plain pine coffin. The fifth victim will be laid to rest on Friday. The girls were gunned down by a local man, Charles Roberts, who then killed himself. Five more girls ...