This happened on the same Sunday about 60 children were planning to take their First Communion.
I’m Catholic, so I know how important that day was for the kids and their families.
First Communion is the first of seven sacraments a follower of this faith are expected to go through during a lifetime. There are seven sacraments, including marriage and extreme unction, or a final blessing before death. A Catholic child is expected to study their catechism and memorize certain prayers, such as The Apostles Creed. The participants in this first sacrament are usually 7 or 8 years old.
I hazily recall going through this myself at age 7.
I wore a dark blue suit, white shirt, blue tie and cufflinks. Followed by donuts and pancake breakfast. My family were equally dressed up.
The whole family is invited to witness this ceremony.
Now that I think of it, Baptism is the actual first of the Sacraments. Oops.
Sixty kids taking first communion at once is quite a lot in this day and age.
All of that is, sadly, false teaching. However, I would have in a heartbeat shot that teenager dead, if determined he was trying to kill those children. If it were a room full of Palestinian children, same thing. This sort of thing must be brought to a complete halt somehow.