Two armed suspects are dead and sixpolice officers were shot at a bank in British Columbia in Canada, during an incident that also prompted the evacuation of nearby homes over a possible explosive device, police said on Tuesday, Trend reports citing Reuters.
Emergency response team members arrived on the scene at the Bank of Montreal in Saanich, on Vancouver Island, near the border with the U.S. state of Washington, around 11 a.m. (1800 GMT), law enforcement said.
"This remains an ongoing police incident with a heavy police presence in the area," Saanich police said on their website.
"Homes and businesses in close proximity to the scene of the incident have been evacuated due to the presence of a potential explosive device in a vehicle associated to the suspects."
Later, police said they were lifting a shelter-in-place order but that the block near the bank remained closed over the potential bomb.