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| 'At least two dead' in Canada school shooting | |
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| At least two people are dead in a shooting at a school in northern Saskatchewan, a government official has said. | |
| Police were called to a "serious incident" at La Loche Community School but have refused to give details. | |
| Witnesses said there was screaming and more than half a dozen shots. Two schools were put on lockdown. | |
| An unnamed official told the Associated Press news agency that two people have been killed. | |
| Brad Wall, the premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, confirmed there had been a shooting at a school in an aboriginal community. But he did not give details about victims. | |
| "Words cannot express my shock and sorrow at the horrific events today in La Loche," he said. | |
| "My thoughts and prayers are with all the victims, their families and friends and all the people of the community." | |
| About 900 students attend La Loche Community School for kindergarten through to grade 12. | |
| "I ran outside the school," Noel Desjarlais, a Grade 10 student, told CBC News. | "I ran outside the school," Noel Desjarlais, a Grade 10 student, told CBC News. |
| "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." | "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." |
| La Loche is an aboriginal community of about 3,000 people. | |