A woman opened fire at a school in Canada, in the remote town of Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia, killing at least 8 people and injuring 25, two of whom are in critical condition, and is then reported to have shot herself.
Police found six dead inside the school, while two other bodies were discovered at a residence believed to be connected to the incident. Another person died on the way to hospital, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
Police say they will struggle to determine the perpetrator’s motives and her connection to the specific school.
In general, the deadliest shooting incident in Canada occurred in 2020, when a gunman killed 22 people in 16 locations in the province of Nova Scotia.
It is the second deadliest school attack in Canada’s history, as in 1989 a gunman killed 14 students at a university in Montreal.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was “shocked” by the shootings. “I share the grief of Canadians for those whose lives were irrevocably changed today,” he said. He added that “our ability to come together in times of crisis is the best characteristic of our country – the empathy, unity and compassion we show one another.”
The district of Tumbler Ridge described the massacre as a “deeply painful” incident for a community of fewer than 2,500 residents. It is a remote town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northern British Columbia, approximately 1,155 kilometers northeast of Vancouver.
Source: Guardian
