Canada school shooting leaves nine dead and 27 injured: what happened to the attacker?
The attack occurred in the Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge Photo: AFP
TL;DR
- A shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, on February 10th resulted in nine fatalities and around 30 injuries.
- The perpetrator opened fire at a school and a nearby residence before dying by apparent suicide.
- Twenty-seven people were injured, two critically, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- The incident occurred in a small town of 2,300 residents at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
- The attacker was described as a woman in an emergency alert, though this has not been officially confirmed.
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed devastation and canceled a trip to the Munich Security Conference.
- This is the second mass killing in British Columbia in less than a year, but school shootings remain exceptional in Canada compared to the United States.