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[–]Datachost 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

People at protests have been holding up seven fingers and saying "Seven fingers, seven victims" about the shooting. I can't remember any other school shooting where the shooter gets counted as one of the victims

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When the 7/7 bombings happened I think the press, when reporting the death toll, initially included the bombers - Wikipedia still includes the four bombers in the total killed whereas the BBC etc are careful to say 52 killed plus 4 bombers.

Including the shooter as a victim though is an insult to the families affected and those doing it deserve a slap.