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| Canada Halifax: Police say they foiled shooting plot | Canada Halifax: Police say they foiled shooting plot |
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| Canadian police say they have foiled a plot to carry out a mass shooting in the Halifax area on Saturday. | Canadian police say they have foiled a plot to carry out a mass shooting in the Halifax area on Saturday. |
| Three suspects were arrested and a fourth was found dead in a suburb of the eastern city. | Three suspects were arrested and a fourth was found dead in a suburb of the eastern city. |
| At least two suspects had intended "to go to a public venue... with a goal of opening fire to kill citizens, and then themselves", police said. | At least two suspects had intended "to go to a public venue... with a goal of opening fire to kill citizens, and then themselves", police said. |
| Police officials said the motive did not appear to be terrorism, without providing further details. | Police officials said the motive did not appear to be terrorism, without providing further details. |
| Brian Brennan, commanding officer of the Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said the plot had involved a 19-year-old man from the Halifax suburb of Timberlea and a 23-year-old woman from the US state of Illinois. | |
| The two, he said, had had access to firearms. The Timberlea man was found dead in a house. | |
| A 20-year-old Canadian man was arrested along with the woman at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. The fourth suspect, a 17-year-old Canadian boy, was arrested at a house. | |
| The roles of the latter two suspects has still to be determined by investigators, police said.. | |
| "We believe we have apprehended all known individuals in this matter and eliminated the threat," Mr Brennan said. "We are not seeking any further suspects at this time in relation to this investigation." |