Mass shooting in Nova Scotia, Canada
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A gunman has killed sixteen people in Canada, the deadliest
such attack in the country’s history.
By Vatican News
A gunman who at one point masqueraded as a police officer
killed at least 16 people in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia during a
12-hour rampage, authorities said on Sunday, in what was the country's worst
modern-era mass shooting.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the gunman,
51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, who worked as a denturist, appeared at one stage
to have been wearing part of a police uniform. He had also painstakingly
disguised his car to look like a police cruiser.
Police added they had ended the threat posed by Wortman, who
was dead, but would not confirm a report by the CTV network that the RCMP had
shot him.
Wortman shot people in several locations in Nova Scotia, the
RCMP told a briefing. RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki told the Canadian
Broadcasting Corp the police knew of at least 16 victims, besides the shooter.
She added there was no indication at this time that the killings were
terrorism-related. Police said there was no apparent link between Wortman and
at least some of his victims. They said they had no idea what his motivation
might have been.
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil decried what he called
senseless act of violence.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government
would help Nova Scotians "as they heal from this tragedy."
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