OREANDA-NEWS US authorities will tighten the penalty for mass killings, up to the death penalty. An instruction to amend the rule of law was given by the US President Donald Trump to the US Department of Justice. Specific details have not yet been announced.

“These sinister ideologies must be defeated. There is no room for hatred in the US," Trump said.

Earlier, as a result of two shooting incidents that occurred during the day 29 people were killed, more than 40 were injured.