Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that four (editor’s note: previously reported as five) people have died in a school shooting in the nation’s heartland. At least two others were injured in the incident, and are currently in a critical condition.
In response to the shooting, Trudeau said “obviously this is every parent’s worst nightmare,” before thanking first responders.
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Posted by La Loche Community School – LLCS on Friday, 22 January 2016
Mobile phone footage has been released after the incident, showing students’ disarray.
Despite a high rate of gun ownership, mass shootings in Canada are infrequent, making this situation a tragic outlier.
Reuters reports the suspect fatally shot his two brothers at home before arriving at the school, where he killed one girl and a teacher. That teacher was later identified as the 23-year-old daughter of the town’s acting mayor, Kevin Janvier.
