China News Service, April 18. According to the Associated Press, from the 16th to the 17th local time, during the Easter holiday weekend, three mass shootings occurred in succession in the United States, killing two people and injuring at least 31 others.

On the 16th local time, a shooting occurred in a shopping mall in Columbia, South Carolina, USA, injuring 14 people.

　　According to reports, on the 16th local time, a shooting occurred in a shopping mall in Columbia, South Carolina, causing 14 people to be injured.

On the morning of the 17th local time, a shooting occurred in a restaurant and bar in Hampton County, the state, at least 9 people were shot, and the victims ranged in age from 15 to 73 years old.

　　On the 17th local time, a shooting occurred in a rental house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing two minors and injuring eight others.

　　Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert reported at a press conference at noon that the shooting took place at about 0:30, when a party was being held in the rental house, with as many as hundreds of people participating, most of whom were minor.

Preliminary judgments suggest that a dispute at the party led to the shooting.

Two underage men were shot and taken to hospital.

　　Recently, there have been frequent mass shootings in the United States.

Earlier on the 12th local time, a shooting occurred at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York City, USA, injuring at least 29 people, of which at least 10 were shot.

At least 16 people were injured in a shooting at the 36th Street subway station in Brooklyn, New York, on April 12, local time.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liao Pan

　　Earlier on the 11th local time, US President Biden announced a new rule at the White House aimed at strengthening the control of unnumbered and difficult to trace "ghost guns".

The new rule puts "kits that are easily convertible into firearm parts" under the same regulated purview as traditional firearms and requires federally licensed dealers and manufacturers to "serialize" any "ghost guns" acquired by pawn or acquisition mark".