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Canadian police identify suspect in school massacre that left nine dead

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Mark Carney speaks to the media about the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Wednesday in Ottawa, Canada. Photograph: Dave Chan/AFP/Getty Images

Canadian police have identified the suspect who carried out a school massacre in remote British Columbia as an 18-year old with a history of mental health problems.

Six people, including a teacher and five students, were killed in the attack on Tuesday in the town of Tumbler Ridge, in the foothills of the Rocky mountains. The suspect’s mother and step-brother were later found dead at the family home, police said. The body of the shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was also found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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