Photos: Gunman kills atleast 50, 200 injured in Las Vegas concert attack
Updated On Oct 03, 2017 09:42 AM IST
The tragic shooting incident took place at a country music festival opposite the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort on the Las Vegas Strip. So far, the gun attack has left 50 people dead with alteast 200 injured, one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history.
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A gunman killed over 50 people and wounded more than 200 at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, raining down rapid fire from the 32nd floor of a hotel for several minutes before he was shot dead by police. The death toll would make the attack the deadliest mass shooting in US history, eclipsing last year’s massacre of 49 people at an Orlando night club. (Ethan Miller / AFP)
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People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on Sunday in Las Vegas, Nevada. (David Becker / AFP)
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Thousands of panicked people fled the scene, in some cases trampling one another as law enforcement officers scrambled to locate and kill the gunman.Shocked concertgoers, some with blood on their clothes, wandered the streets after the attack. (David Becker / AFP)
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Police believe the suspect was a local Las Vegas man Stephen Paddock who acted alone and was not believed to be connected to any militant group, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters. (AP)
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Las Vegas police stand guard along the streets outside the festival grounds of the Route 91 Harvest in Las Vegas, Nevada. (David Becker / AFP)
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A man waits during lockdown at the Tropicana Las Vegas during an active shooter situation on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday. Police had located two cars that belonged to the suspect and also believed they had located the woman. (Chase Stevens / AP)
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Las Vegas’s casinos, nightclubs and shopping draw some 3.5 million visitors from around the world each year and the area was packed with visitors when the shooting broke out shortly after 10 pm. (David Becker / AFP)
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A man lays on top of a woman as others flee the Route 91 Harvest country music festival grounds during the mass shooting. The rampage was reminiscent of a mass shooting at a Paris rock concert in November 2015 that killed 89 people, part of a wave of coordinated attacks by Islamist militants that left 130 dead. (David Becker / AFP)
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People are searched by Las Vegas police at the Tropicana Las Vegas. The concert venue was in an outdoor area known as Las Vegas Village, across the Strip from the Mandalay Bay and the Luxor hotels. (Chase Stevens / AP)
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A pair of cowboy boots is shown in the street outside the concert venue in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Steve Marcus / REUTERS)
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