Trump demands death penalty for mass shooters

US President Donald Trump was "indignant and disgusted" today by the weekend killings in Texas and Ohio, and said those convicted of hate crimes should suffer "fast" executions.

In a public statement he made to the White House, the president also urged the country to condemn with one voice "racism, fanaticism and white supremacism", in reference to the Attack perpetrated in El Paso, Texas, The author issued a manifesto against immigrants and Hispanics.

"Those who pull the trigger are hatred and mental illness," the Republican leader said in a statement, gathered by news agencies EFE and Ansa.

"Hate must not take place in the United States," he said, adding that he had ordered the Justice Ministry to put in place legislation providing for the death penalty for hate crimes. and mbad killings.

The first shooting took place on Saturday. Patrick Crusius, 21, opened indiscriminately in a shopping mall in El Paso and killed 20 people.

The authorities suspect him of acting on racial grounds and treating the case as a terrorist act.

About 13 hours later, another young gunman, Connor Betts, 24, killed nine people in downtown Dayton, Ohio, before being killed by security forces.

The police refused to speculate in front of the media about Betts' motives, although he acknowledged that he had a troubled past and that he had threatened his high school clbadmates.

Prior to his presentation to the White House, Trump had stated in a tweet that Republicans and Democrats had to unite and develop a plan to tighten controls on gun buyers, linking this issue to the reform of l & # 39; immigration.

He also attacked the media, saying that "the false information contributed greatly to fueling the anger and anger that had increased over the years."