Perhaps even scarier is that unlike previous mass killings, which have been generally been close together and in the same building, this was a seemingly random killing spree across several miles of Cumbria.

Twelve people were killed by a gunman who went on the rampage across Cumbria in north-west England.

Taxi driver Derrick Bird shot dead a colleague in the town of Whitehaven, before driving through the countryside apparently targeting people at random.

Eleven others were injured, three critically and five seriously.

Mr Bird's body was found in a wooded area in Boot in the Lake District, where a shotgun and a rifle fitted with a telescopic sight were recovered.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10219655.stm