2 students dead in US school shooting

A 15-year-old boy opened fire with a handgun in his high school in western Kentucky yesterday, killing two fellow students and wounding a dozen other youths before being arrested, the state's governor and police said.

The shooting began shortly before 8am CST (1400 GMT) at Marshall County High School in Benton, a small town about 130 miles (210 km) northwest of Nashville, Tennessee, according to Kentucky State Police and Governor Matt Bevin.

Authorities offered no information on the motive behind the shooting. There was no immediate indication how well the youth knew the victims.