Two people were killed and nine injured as a result of a shooting inside an American university

Two people were killed and nine others were injured on Saturday in a shooting on the campus of Brown University in the US state of Rhode Island, according to officials, while hundreds of police officers continue to hunt the perpetrator who is still at large..

The streets surrounding the university were filled with police cars and ambulances hours after the shooting on the campus where exams were being held..

This shooting is the latest in a long line of attacks on schools and universities in the United States, in which attempts to restrict the acquisition of firearms face political obstacles..

President Donald Trump announced that he had been informed of the incident, saying: “What a terrible thing,” adding: “All we can do now is pray for the victims.”

Brett Smiley, the mayor of the city of Providence in the northeastern United States, said in a press conference: “I can confirm that two people died this afternoon, and eight others are in critical, although stable, condition.”

The authorities reported that a ninth person, “hurt by shrapnel from the gunfire,” was later transferred to the hospital.

The police published a ten-second snapshot of the suspect from behind as he walked quickly on an empty street, after opening fire inside a classroom on the first floor..

Brown University President Christina Paxson told the press late at night that ten of the 11 victims were students.

The shooting took place in the Parros and Holly building, which houses the engineering and physics departments on the campus of the prestigious university, which has nearly 11,000 students, and where several exams were scheduled to take place..