Five killed, two hurt in Canada school shooting

Suspect in custody after opening fire at high school in northern Saskatchewan; nearby elementary school on lockdown

By AFP 23 January 2016, 12:58 am Edit

The La Loche High School in La Loche, Saskatchewan, Canada, site of a school shooting on January 23, 2016. (screen capture: Google Street View)

Five people were killed and two others seriously wounded Friday in a shooting at a high school in Canada’s western plains province of Saskatchewan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

A young man opened fire at around 1:00 pm (1900 GMT) at the school in La Loche, a mainly aboriginal community in the northern part of the province. The suspect was in custody, Trudeau said.

A nearby elementary school was also shuttered and students kept indoors “as a precaution,” a police spokeswoman told AFP.