The shooting at a school in Canada. 17-year-old perpetrator of the tragedy has been accused – Polish Radio

As spokesman for the RCMP patrol command Grant St. Germaine, 17-year-old (his name was not made public because of his age) was also charged with attempted murder seven times as many people were injured.

 

The tragedy occurred on Friday in the town of La Loche. 17-year-old opened fire in a local school. On-site killed 23-year-old teacher Marie Janvier and her friend 35-year-old Adam Wood. Seven people with gunshot wounds were transported to the hospital. The condition of two people is referred to as critical.

 

According to the information provided by the police that, before going to school teenager shot and killed his two brothers – 17-year-old Dayne’a and 13-year-old Drayden. The police found their bodies in the family home boys.

Memorial relatives of the victims handed shooting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. – The heart of our country is full of pain, we feel it together with the residents of La Loche. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. I spoke with the leaders of the local community. They said they are plunged into deep mourning. All Canadians join with thoughts of the victims’ families ii locals – he said.

“deadly mixture”

La Loche is located in the province of Saskatchewan, in central Canada, in the Great Plains. Immediately adjacent to the reserve Clearwater River, which is inhabited by Indians of the Dene tribe belonging to the group Atapasków. In the town live mostly descendants of indigenous peoples and French settlers with a predominance of mixed population.

– deadly concoction of despair, violence and drugs – alcohol and drugs, as well as racism and poverty, which there exists, had to sooner or later bring bad luck – said the professor of criminal law from Toronto Mark Totten, who lived in La Loche few years.

article published Saturday in the pages of the local newspaper “StarPhoenix” shows that in the past five years in the town which has only 2.6 thousand. residents up to 18 people committed suicide.

– The inhabitants found themselves between a rock and a hard place traditionalism and modernity – emphasized the director of a research center on the administration and development of the northern territories at the University of Saskatchewan, Ken Coates. – Social problems resulting from the loss of identity for these people is unthinkable – she noted.

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Friday’s shooting was the most tragic incident of this type in Canada for more than 26 years. In 1989 there was a tragedy in the polytechnic school in Montreal. From the shots killed 14 students.

In Canada, stricter regulations governing access to firearms than in the neighboring United States, which is why the shootings in schools and other public places occur relatively rarely.

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