Investigators found more than 800 rounds of ammunition in the car of the man accused of scaling the White House fence and sprinting inside the building, a US prosecutor said today. A machete and two hatchets also were found.

REPRESENTING his country’s anguish, US President George W Bush last night said that he prays for comfort for those victimised by the “dark turn” of the day at Virginia Tech that turned into the nation’s deadliest shooting spree.