The death toll in a shooting rampage in Canada’s Nova Scotia province has risen to 17, the CBC TV channel reported, citing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Brenda Lucki. According to her, the number includes the gunman, Trend reports citing TASS.
CBC said earlier that the incident had killed 13 people.
Lucki noted that an investigation was underway and police did not rule out that the number of victims could grow.
According to current information, a 51-year-old man named Gabriel Wortman started the rampage in the community of Portapique, later moving to other communities. A police officer was killed during an operation to seize the attacker.
The police first reported that the man had been arrested but later said that he had been killed.