BBC Breakfast viewers upset as show interrupted for 'tragic' news alert

BBC Breakfast viewers upset as show interrupted for 'tragic' news alert

BBC Breakfast was interrupted for a heart-breaking update on a school shooting in Minneapolis, which has resulted in the death of two children and injuries to 17 others.

As correspondent Tom Bateman reported live from the scene in the United States, viewers expressed their frustration despite the devastating news, questioning his need to "stand outside the school in the dark".

One irate viewer tweeted: "Tragic. But do we really need a BBC reporter standing outside at the scene in the dark? No."

Another pondered: "So sad, but I just wonder if Tom needed to fly out to stand there, really.."

Two children were tragically killed in the attack, which is being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate cr