Citizens of Kirlawa were horrified as news came through of a shooting spree in a small school in the Province of Merkan. Mark Williams, a frustrated student fed up with school work, entered the school this yesterday morning armed with a gun and began shooting students and teachers indiscriminately. After killing 16 people and wounding 45 more, Mark Williams committed suicide before being arrest by law enforcement. Former teacher Margaret Harrison told reporters how the community was still in a state of shock and how this tragedy would haunt Kirlawa for years to come. President Ulalia McClellan has since travelled to the area to attend the funerals of the victims.