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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 at Dawson College, which was reportedly carried out by a local man.
Nineteen people were also wounded in the rampage at Dawson College. Nineteen people were also wounded - six of them critically - in the rampage.
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.Those laws were no match for the illegal automatic weapon that the gunman wielded, our correspondent adds.
'My perfect little niece' 'Perfect 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 Readers' pictures Press shock at rampageI 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 Readers' pictures 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. Six of the victims 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. SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN CANADA 28 April, 1999: 14-year-old boy kills one student, wounds one other at a high school in Taber, Alberta - eight days after Columbine massacre24 August, 1992: Professor Valery Fabrikant kills four colleagues at Concordia University, Montreal6 December, 1989: Marc Lepine, 25, kills 14 women at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, then kills himself28 May, 1975: 16-year-old high school student kills a teacher and a student, wounds 13 others before killing himself in Brampton, Ontario
Two are in a "very critical condition". A further five people injured in the attack are "stable and recuperating" on a regular ward. They are recovering from surgery after sustaining gunshot wounds to the head and stomach, hospital spokeswoman Sheila Moore told the BBC News website.
'Emotionless' Two are in a "very critical condition", she said.
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. A further five people injured in the attack are "stable and recuperating" on a regular ward.
Some Dawson College students described how the shooting began at about 1245 local time (1645 GMT), and said 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.