TEN DEAD AFTER MASS SHOOTING AT CANADIAN SCHOOL AND SECOND LOCATION

NEW YORK, Feb 11 (Bernama-dpa) -- Canadian authorities on Tuesday said that 10 people, including the suspected attacker, died in a mass shooting at two locations, including a school, in the province of British Columbia, reported German news agency dpa.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in a statement said they received reports of an active shooter at a school in Tumbler Ridge, in the foothills of the BC Rockies, at 1:20 pm (2120 GMT). The alert was officially cancelled just over four hours later.

As they searched the school, "officers located multiple victims," the Tumbler Ridge RCMP said in a statement. "An individual believed to be the shooter was also found deceased with what appears to be a self-inflicted injury."

"Six additional individuals, not including the suspect, have been located deceased inside the school," the statement continued.

"Two victims have been airlifted to the hospital with serious or life-threatening injuries. A third victim died while being transported to the hospital," police said, adding that about 25 more people were being assessed at the local medical centre for non-life-threatening injuries.

RCMP North District Commander Ken Floyd said at a news conference that "two additional victims were located deceased" at "a secondary location believed to be connected to the incident."

Floyd added that "we are not in a place now to be able to understand why and what may have motivated this tragedy. This was a rapidly evolving and dynamic situation."

--BERNAMA-dpa