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*Seung-Hui Cho's favourite band was U2. | *Seung-Hui Cho's favourite band was U2. | ||
*His favourite book was ''Night Over Water''. | *His favourite book was ''Night Over Water''. | ||
*Cho, like most school shooters, was inspired by [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], perpetrators of the | *Cho, like most school shooters, was inspired by [[Eric Harris]] and [[Dylan Klebold]], perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre. | ||
*The massacre was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, surpassing the Luby's massacre perpetrated by [[George Hennard]] 16 years previously. It was surpassed by the Orlando nightclub shooting perpetrated by [[Omar Mateen]] on June 12, 2016. | *The massacre was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, surpassing the Luby's massacre perpetrated by [[George Hennard]] 16 years previously. It was surpassed by the Orlando nightclub shooting perpetrated by [[Omar Mateen]] on June 12, 2016. | ||
*Cho inspired [[Elliot Rodger]] to perpetrate the Isla Vista shootings on May 23, 2014. | *Cho inspired [[Elliot Rodger]] to perpetrate the Isla Vista shootings on May 23, 2014. | ||