Nikolas Cruz, who is said to have shot and killed 17 students and faculty members of a high school in the state of Florida in the United States, has expressed his willingness to donate his brain for scientific research.
This 25-year-old killer, who is under a life sentence, has expressed his desire to donate his brain for research purposes, according to a request made by a lawyer.
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Anthony Borges, 21, is disabled after being shot by Nikolas Cruz. Cruz has given this consent according to a request made by Alex Arriaza, the lawyer representing Anthony Borges. It has also been argued that it is an unusual request.
Importance of brain scan
On February 14, 2018, 17 people were killed in a hail of gunfire targeting students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
Meanwhile, 15-year-old Anthony Borges was shot five times. Borges’ lawyer, Arriaza, said that it is essential for scientists to examine the brain of killer Cruz.
The lawyer argues that scientific confirmation of how such people are created can be obtained through this research.
Cruz, who fired this shot, has also agreed to pay four hundred and thirty thousand US dollars to Borges, who was shot five times.
The mass murder incident that shocked the world in 2018
Nikolaus Cruz was a 19-year-old student who was involved in the incident in 2018. It is also said that he is a student who was expelled from the school.
This is considered the deadliest mass shooting since 2012, when 20 children died in a school shooting in Connecticut. The Florida State Police announced that Cruz, the shooter who entered the school building, fired his firearm around.
The shooting happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. 17 people, including students and teachers, died in the shooting.
Every year, 1300 children in America are killed by firearms.
In the meantime, it has been revealed that about 1,300 children under the age of 17 in the United States die from gunshot wounds in a year.
This has been shown in a study conducted by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, and the study report indicates that approximately 5,800 children are seriously injured by firearms each year.
There are 300 million firearms among people
Another fact that has been revealed in the study is that 82 per cent of the children who die from gunshot wounds are boys and that children of black origin are the victims.
Due to incidents related to firearms, around 20 children are hospitalised in one day. The study also revealed that there are nearly 300 million firearms among the American people, and information has also been reported about children who tried to take their own lives using firearms.
Accordingly, the relaxed policy in America regarding the use of firearms has become a severe social problem. Studies have shown that these relaxed policies have led to violent children like Cruz committing firearms crimes and mass killings.
