According to police reports, six people were killed yesterday (local time) in a gun attack in a suburb of the Canadian city of Toronto. The suspect in the attack was among the dead. One person was also injured in the incident at a residential building.
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According to police, the suspect in the attack was killed in a shootout with police. The injured person was taken to a hospital and his life is not in danger.
Victims found in different places
According to media reports, police were called to the crime scene earlier in the evening. The picture was “terrible”, “several people had already died”, according to the police. The reason for the act and the possible relationships between the author of the crime and the victims are still unknown.
The suspect would have acted alone. The victims were found in different apartments in the building. According to media reports, residents were taken to safety and dozens of ambulances and police were on duty.