UVALDE, Texas: Grieving families were to hold the first funerals on Tuesday for the 19 children and two teachers killed in a school shooting a week ago, with United States President Joe Biden vowing to push for stricter gun regulation.
Mourners attended wakes in Uvalde town in the US state of Texas on Monday for some of the young victims gunned down by an 18-year-old man who was then killed by police.
REMEMBER THEM This combination of pictures created on Monday, May 30, 2022 (May 31 in Manila) shows the faces of the 19 children and two teachers killed at Robb Elementary School on display at a makeshift memorial at the school in Uvalde, Texas. Top row, from left: Eva Mireles, 44; Tess Mata, 10; Rogelio Torres, 10; Jose Flores, 10; Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10; Jackie Cazarez, 9; and Maranda Mathis, 10. Middle row, from left: Xavier Lopez, 10; Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, 10; Aliahana Cruz Torres, 10; Alithia Ramirez, 10; Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10; Uziyah Garcia, 10; and Navaho Bravo, 10. Bottom row, from left: Makenna Lee Elord, 10; Annabell Rodriguez, 10; Amerie Jo Garza, 10; Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10; Layla Salazar, 11; Aliahna Amyah Garcia, 9; and Irma Garcia, 48. AFP COMBO PHOTO
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