Canada searches for answers after gunman kills 19 people in country’s deadliest shooting
- Victims of 12-hour rampage in Nova Scotia include police officer, elementary teacher, elderly care nurse and home care assistant.
- ‘Canada is mourning,’ says PM Justin Trudeau, telling media not to give killer the ‘gift of infamy’
Grief and bewilderment spread across communities in Canada's Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia as officials began releasing the names of some of the 19 victims of Canada's worst mass shooting on Monday.
The victims of the weekend's 12-hour shooting rampage by a gunman disguised as a policeman in central Nova Scotia included a police officer, an elementary teacher, an elderly care nurse and a home care assistant.
The gunman was also killed after cutting a swathe of mayhem and destruction across nearly 100km (62 miles) of normally tranquil rural Nova Scotia late on Saturday and early on Sunday.
Speaking at his daily briefing in Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians were jolted from their efforts to defeat the coronavirus outbreak “by the senseless violence and tragedy in Nova Scotia”.
“The pandemic will prevent us from mourning together in person, but a vigil will be held virtually to celebrate the lives of the victims,” he said, adding it would take place on Friday night through a Facebook group.