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A gunman has been killed by police after shooting and injuring at least 20 people at a college in the Canadian city of Montreal. A gunman has killed a young woman and injured 19 other people at a college in the Canadian city of Montreal, before being shot dead by police.
Six of the injured are said to be in a critical condition in hospital with gunshot wounds. The man, clad in black, entered the canteen of Dawson College, in central Montreal, during lunchtime.
The man entered the canteen of Dawson College, in central Montreal, during lunchtime and began firing. Eyewitnesses described fleeing in terror from the campus grounds as he opened fire.
Eyewitnesses described fleeing from the campus grounds as the gunman, clad in black, turned his gun on students. The dead woman was in her 20s. Five of the injured are in a critical condition in hospital.
Montreal's chief of police, Yvan Delorme, said the gunman was killed as police intervened.Montreal's chief of police, Yvan Delorme, said the gunman was killed as police intervened.
"Based on current information, the suspect was killed by the police," Mr Delorme told a news briefing."Based on current information, the suspect was killed by the police," Mr Delorme told a news briefing.
'Hiding in bushes' Later, he told RDI Television that the young woman had died of her injuries in hospital.
Terrified students and teachers from the college of 10,000 fled the campus as the shooting started, some with bloodstained clothes. 'Emotionless'
An eyewitness described the moment that the gunman began his attack. Dawson College students described how the shooting began at about 1245 (1645 GMT) and how a total of 20 shots were heard over a half-hour period.
"He shot the people right next to us. They were all running, we were hiding in the bushes, there was debris flying from the bullets shot right next to us," she told CBC television. I was in my calculus class when I heard three shots... we saw one guy on the floor bleeding Jose Rafael HerediaDawson College student
Police with drawn guns were seen sheltering behind vehicles outside the site. One witness described how the gunman appeared emotionless as he carried out the shooting.
Professor Robert Soroka told Reuters news agency the shooting began at 1245 (1645 GMT), and said he heard about 20 shots fired over 30 minutes. "He said nothing. He had a stone cold face... He just started opening fire," said student Soher Marous.
Jose Rafael Heredia told the BBC News website: "I was in my calculus class when I heard three shots.
"Then one of my classmates saw through the window and started to say: 'Oh my God, oh my God.' Then everybody saw through the window, and we saw one guy on the floor bleeding... next to him was a girl that had been shot on her leg."
In December 1989, a gunman shot and killed 14 young women in Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique, before turning the gun on himself.In December 1989, a gunman shot and killed 14 young women in Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique, before turning the gun on himself.
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