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On Monday morning, October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. In front of twenty-five horrified pupils, thirty-two-year-old Charles Roberts ordered the boys and the teacher to leave. After tying the legs of the ten remaining girls, Roberts prepared to shoot them execution with an automatic rifle and four hundred rounds of ammunition that he brought for the task. The oldest hostage, a thirteen-year-old, begged Roberts to "shoot me first and let the little ones go." Refusing her offer, he opened fire on all of them, killing five and leaving the others critically wounded. He then shot himself as police stormed the building. His motivation? "I'm angry at God for taking my little daughter," he told the children before the massacre. The story captured the attention of broadcast and print media in the United States and around the world. By Tuesday morning some fifty television crews had clogged the small village of Nickel Mines,...
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Amish, Doctrines, Forgiveness of sin, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, West Nickel Mines Amish School, Amish School Shooting, Nickel Mines, Pa., 2006, Christian life & practice, Denominations of American origin, Christianity - History - General, Murder - General, Religion / Church History, Religion, Religion - Church HistoryShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
2010, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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2007, Jossey-Bass
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