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| Gun rampage at Canadian college | Gun rampage at Canadian college |
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| A young woman has died in hospital after being shot by a gunman who wounded 19 other people during a shooting spree at a Canadian college. | A young woman has died in hospital after being shot by a gunman who wounded 19 other people during a shooting spree at a Canadian college. |
| The man was shot dead by police officers during a firefight on the campus in the city of Montreal. | The man was shot dead by police officers during a firefight on the campus in the city of Montreal. |
| Clad in black and carrying three weapons, the man entered the canteen of Dawson College during the lunch hour. | Clad in black and carrying three weapons, the man entered the canteen of Dawson College during the lunch hour. |
| Some students fled in terror as he opened fire, while others barricaded themselves in classrooms. | Some students fled in terror as he opened fire, while others barricaded themselves in classrooms. |
| The dead woman was in her 20s. At least six of the injured are in a critical condition in hospital. | The dead woman was in her 20s. At least six of the injured are in a critical condition in hospital. |
| 'Emotionless' | 'Emotionless' |
| Dawson College students described how the shooting began at about 1245 local time (1645 GMT), and how a total of 20 shots were heard over a half-hour period. | Dawson College students described how the shooting began at about 1245 local time (1645 GMT), and how a total of 20 shots were heard over a half-hour period. |
| I was in my calculus class when I heard three shots... we saw one guy on the floor bleeding Jose Rafael HerediaDawson College student 'We hid under desks' In pictures: College shootings | I was in my calculus class when I heard three shots... we saw one guy on the floor bleeding Jose Rafael HerediaDawson College student 'We hid under desks' In pictures: College shootings |
| One witness described how the gunman, dressed in a black trench coat and military boots and with a Mohawk haircut, appeared emotionless as he fired his weapons. | One witness described how the gunman, dressed in a black trench coat and military boots and with a Mohawk haircut, appeared emotionless as he fired his weapons. |
| "He said nothing. He had a stone cold face... He just started opening fire," one student said. | |
| Others told of how he pursued terrified students along corridors and up stairwells. | Others told of how he pursued terrified students along corridors and up stairwells. |
| Those who could not escape barricaded the doors to classrooms and hid themselves under their desks. | Those who could not escape barricaded the doors to classrooms and hid themselves under their desks. |
| Initial reports quoting eyewitnesses suggested there had been more than one attacker and the gunman had committed suicide. | |
| But Montreal's chief of police, Yvan Delorme, later said it had apparently been a single gunman who was apparently killed by police fire. | |
| "For now, I am limiting it to one suspect who died after a police intervention on site," he said. | |
| "The first policeman took charge of the situation, and shot in the direction of the suspect, and the suspect died." | |
| 'Cowardly act' | 'Cowardly act' |
| Jose Rafael Heredia told the BBC News website: "I was in my calculus class when I heard three shots. | 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." | "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." |
| Canada's prime minister called the shooting "a cowardly and senseless act of violence". | Canada's prime minister called the shooting "a cowardly and senseless act of violence". |
| "Our primary concern right now is to ensure the safety and recovery of all those who were injured during this tragedy," Stephen Harper said. | "Our primary concern right now is to ensure the safety and recovery of all those who were injured during this tragedy," Stephen Harper said. |
| The shooting revived memories of a December 1989 attack in the city when a gunman shot and killed 14 young women in the Ecole Polytechnique, before turning the gun on himself. | The shooting revived memories of a December 1989 attack in the city when a gunman shot and killed 14 young women in the Ecole Polytechnique, before turning the gun on himself. |