5 dead, 2 injured in Canada school shooting

January 23, 2016 10:04

Shots rang out at a high school in Canada's western plains province of Saskatchewan, leaving five people dead and two others critically injured, the prime minister has said.

The school in La Loche was on lockdown for most of the afternoon, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police urged parents to stay away while they responded to the yesterday's "ongoing serious incident."

A nearby elementary school was also shuttered "as a precaution," a federal police spokeswoman told AFP.

The school shooting is the deadliest in 26 years in Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking in Davos, Switzerland, where he was attending the World Economic Summit, said: "There was a shooting in the community, five people were killed (and) two others are in critical condition."

The suspected shooter has been taken into custody and police have the situation under control, he said.

"We all grieve with and stand with the community of La Loche and all of Saskatchewan on this terrible tragic day," Trudeau added.

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