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Thu 04 Apr 1999Bodies of shooting victims taken from schoolThe bodies of 15 shooting victims were removed from a school in Littleton, Colorado, last night after delays due to fears of booby-trapped explosive devices still in the building and grounds in the aftermath of one of the worst mass shootings in US history.So far the police have defused 30 bombs left behind in Columbine High School by Eric Harris (18) and Dylan Klebold (17), the two teenagers who killed 12 of their classmates and one teacher. The two youths also shot themselves.