A 17-year-old boy has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder after shootings in Canada’s western Saskatchewan province, police say.<\/p>\n
The boy – who cannot be named because of his age – is also charged with seven counts of attempted murder.<\/p>\n
Four people were killed and several injured after the shootings at La Loche Community School and another location.<\/p>\n
Friday’s attack in the remote community was “every parent’s worst nightmare”, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.<\/p>\n
At a news conference on Saturday, Grant St Germaine from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said the suspect would appear in court next week.<\/p>\n
“The days and weeks are going to be difficult as we come to terms with the impact of what has happened in our community,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s a sad and difficult time and no words will take away the pain and sorrow of what has happened.”<\/p>\n
The RCMP said Dayne Fontaine, 17, and his brother Drayden, 13, were shot dead in a house.<\/p>\n
The gunmen then went to the school, killing teacher Adam Wood, 35, and 21-year-old teaching assistant Marie Janvier, the daughter of acting mayor Kevin Janvier.<\/p>\n
The suspect was later disarmed and arrested. The motive behind the shootings is unclear.<\/p>\n
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The RCMP said officers were called about “an active shooter” at 13:00 local time (19:00 GMT) and detained the suspect 45 minutes later, Canada’s CBC broadcaster reports.<\/p>\n
“Words cannot express my shock and sorrow at the horrific events today in La Loche,” Brad Wall, the premier of Saskatchewan, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
About 900 students attend La Loche Community School for kindergarten through to grade 12 (the last year of high school).<\/p>\n
“I ran outside the school,” Noel Desjarlais, a Grade 10 student, told CBC.<\/p>\n
“There was lots of screaming, there was about six, seven shots before I got outside. I believe there was more shots by the time I did get out.”<\/p>\n
La Loche is a mainly aboriginal community of about 3,000 people.<\/p>\n
It is located nearly 900km north-west of the provincial capital, Regina.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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