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| Probe into Canada college attack | Probe into Canada college attack |
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| Police in Canada are investigating the attack on a Montreal college in which a gunman ran amok, killing a young woman before being shot dead himself. | Police in Canada are investigating the attack on a Montreal college in which a gunman ran amok, killing a young woman before being shot dead himself. |
| The city's police chief ruled out racism or terrorism as the motive for the attack which was reportedly carried out by a local Canadian man. | The city's police chief ruled out racism or terrorism as the motive for the attack which was reportedly carried out by a local Canadian man. |
| Nineteen people were also wounded in the rampage at Dawson College. | Nineteen people were also wounded in the rampage at Dawson College. |
| A BBC correspondent says there is a deep sense of shock in Montreal and across Canada over the shooting. | A BBC correspondent says there is a deep sense of shock in Montreal and across Canada over the shooting. |
| But it is slowly giving way to questions about the gunman's motives and how this could have happened in a country that prides itself on its tough gun control laws, the BBC's Lee Carter says. | But it is slowly giving way to questions about the gunman's motives and how this could have happened in a country that prides itself on its tough gun control laws, the BBC's Lee Carter says. |
| Those laws were no match for the illegal automatic weapon that the gunman wielded, our correspondent adds. | |
| 'My perfect little niece' | 'My perfect little niece' |
| Yvan Delorme, Montreal's chief of police, said the motive was unknown but he rejected some of the early theories being reported. | Yvan Delorme, Montreal's chief of police, said the motive was unknown but he rejected some of the early theories being reported. |
| 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 href="/1/hi/in_pictures/5345722.stm" class="">Readers' pictures href="/1/hi/world/americas/5345030.stm" class="">Press shock at rampage | |
| "There is no racist connotation whatsoever," he said on Wednesday. "This is not related... to terrorism." | "There is no racist connotation whatsoever," he said on Wednesday. "This is not related... to terrorism." |
| The investigation, he added, was currently limited to the dead man alone. | The investigation, he added, was currently limited to the dead man alone. |
| The man was shot dead by police officers who arrived within minutes of the attack beginning. | The man was shot dead by police officers who arrived within minutes of the attack beginning. |
| Clad in black and carrying three weapons, the gunman had entered the canteen of Dawson College during the lunch hour. | Clad in black and carrying three weapons, the gunman had 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 named by Canadian newspapers as Anastasia DeSouza, 18. | The dead woman was named by Canadian newspapers as Anastasia DeSouza, 18. |
| "She was full of life, she was the perfect little niece," her uncle Real Hevy told the Montreal Gazette. | "She was full of life, she was the perfect little niece," her uncle Real Hevy told the Montreal Gazette. |
| Six of the vicitms are in a critical condition in the intensive care unit at Montreal General Hospital. | |
| They are recovering from surgery after sustaining gunshot wounds to the head and stomach, hospital spokeswoman Sheila Moore told BBC News Interactive. | |
| Two are in a "very critical condition". A further five people injured in the attack are "stable and recuperating" on a regular ward. | |
| '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. |
| The gunman, said to be wearing a black trench coat and military boots and with a Mohawk haircut, appeared emotionless as he fired his weapons. | The gunman, said to be wearing 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. | "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. |
| 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 Montreal 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 Montreal when a gunman shot and killed 14 young women in the Ecole Polytechnique before turning the gun on himself. |