‘Angry’ Murray likens Texas school shooting survivor’s experience to his own
By Reuters
01 June 2022 |
2:23 pm
Britain's two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray told the BBC on Monday (May 30) that the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas made him "angry", adding that a survivor's account of the incident was similar to his own experience in the 1996 Dunblane massacre in Scotland.
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