Sandy Hook massacre: details emerge about 'loner' gunman

Adam Lanza wrote book about children being slaughtered years before carrying out murders

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THE GUNMAN who killed 20 small children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December wrote a book about children being slaughtered when he was younger, according to an investigation into the massacre.

Adam Lanza, 20, was described as a "loner" obsessed with violence and ritualistic behaviour. He killed himself on 14 December 2012 after shooting his mother in the forehead at home and going on a murder spree at the Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Connecticut – a massacre that shocked America and reignited the debate over gun controls.

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