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Five people killed in Canada school shooting | |
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Five people have been killed and two wounded in a school shooting in Saskatchewan, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed. | |
What unfolded at La Loche Community School in the north of the province was "every parent's nightmare", he said, adding that a suspect was in custody. | |
Witnesses described screaming and more than half a dozen shots. | |
Mr Trudeau told reporters: "Police have assured me that the situation is under control." | |
He added: "Obviously, this is every parent's worst nightmare and all of us across this country - hearts are going out to the families and to the whole community." | |
Brad Wall, the premier of Saskatchewan, said there had been a shooting at a school in an aboriginal community but did not give details about the victims. | |
"Words cannot express my shock and sorrow at the horrific events today in La Loche," he said. | "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." | "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 (the last year of high school). | |
"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. | La Loche is an aboriginal community of about 3,000 people. |
It is located about 500km (311 miles) north-west of the city of Prince Albert. |