Gunman goes on shooting spree, kills two in Toronto
4 die as gunmen storm Iraqi Kurdish govt bldg
A 29-year-old gunman opened fire on pedestrians in a bustling Toronto neighborhood, killing two and wounding a dozen others, police in Canada’s largest city said on Monday, adding the suspect was found dead in an alley after an exchange of gunfire with police.
A video clip posted by Canadian media appeared to show a dark-clad man walking on the sidewalk in Toronto’s Greektown neighborhood on Sunday night and then turning to aim and fire a handgun. “Around 10 pm on Sunday, a man walking along Danforth Avenue fired shots at groups of people several times. Several people were struck. Two civilians were fatally injured,” the Ontario Special Investigations Unit said.
The unit, which investigates police-involved shootings, said officers located the man on a cross street “and an exchange of gunfire took place”. “The man fled the area and was located deceased on Danforth Avenue,” it said. Earlier, Toronto police chief Mark Saunders said one of the victims was a young woman, and that a young girl was in critical. ERBIL: Iraqi Kurdish forces on Monday killed three gunmen who broke into a government building in Iraq’s Erbil city, officials said. A civilian who worked in the building was also killed.
Governor of Erbil Nawzad Hadi said: “Three gunmen broke into the provincial building, but the forces managed to kill them all and regained control of the building after a counter attack that resulted in the killing of a civilian employee during the battle.”