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Sun Dec 16, 2012, 12:46 PM Dec 2012

Adam Lanza was 'very bright' but battled school authorities, says his aunt

Marsha Lanza, the gunman's aunt, said her own children "know right from wrong" and insisted "you've got to give your kids roots" as she spoke out following the shootings at Sandy Hook primary school on Friday.

In her first interview, she disclosed details of his mother Nancy's "battles" with education authorities over Adam's education.

"She eventually wound up home schooling him because she battled with the school district," she said. "In what capacity I'm not 100 per cent certain.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/9748430/Connecticut-school-shooting-Adam-Lanza-was-very-bright-but-battled-school-authorities-says-his-aunt.html

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