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HONG KONG: Hundreds of Chinese, Korean and Japanese nationals are believed to be students at the university in Virginia where 33 people died in a gun rampage, including one who was injured, reports said on Tuesday.
There are around 460 Korean students studying at Virginia Tech and an estimated 500 students of Korean descent, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
The agency said a South Korean studying civil engineering, Park Chang-Min, was hospitalised after catching a bullet in the arm during the still unexplained shooting spree.
It quoted the head of the university's Korean student association, named as Lee Seung-woo, saying the bullet "penetrated the arm and scraped the side of the body but did not damage any bones".
Park was expected to be released soon, it said.
Between 400 and 500 Chinese students are also at the university, China's Xinhua news agency said.
It cited a board member of Virginia Tech's Association of Chinese Students and Scholars saying that no Chinese were believed to be among the victims.
Japan meanwhile said all 21 Japanese nationals studying at the university were confirmed to be safe.
"More than 30 people died in this very tragic incident. I would like to express condolences from the bottom of my heart," chief Japanese government spokesman Yasuhisa Shiozaki said.
- AFP/so
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