Schoolgirl killed in Florida shooting had family in Northern Ireland

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It's emerged a 14-year-old girl killed in a school shooting in Florida this week had family links to Northern Ireland.

Cara Loughran was among the 17 people shot dead when a teenage gunman went on the rampage with an assault rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parklands.

Cara's father is originally from Toomebridge in Co Antrim, where her grandparents and extended family still live.

It's being reported her older brother Liam witnessed the shootings and survived.

Meanwhile, the FBI has admitted it didn't properly follow up on a warning about suspect Nikolas Cruz.

It's emerged last month a person close to the 19-year-old told the agency about "the potential of him carrying out a school shooting".

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