Minal Hiralal "Minu" Panchal, age 26

Lost to gun violence on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Virginia Tech shooting
Minu died along with Prof. Librescu in Solid Mechanics class.

She was a Masters's Student (first year) from Mumbai, India and her Major was in Architecture.

Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide.

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