Minnst fjórir látnir í skotárás í Kanada
Minnst fjórir eru látnir, þar af tveir lögreglumenn, í skotárás í borginni Fredericton í austurhluta Kanada. Karlmaður er í haldi lögreglu grunaður um árásina.
Lögregla á svæðinu beindi því til íbúa Brookside Drive, íbúahverfis í borginni, að halda sig innandyra og læsa að sér. Kaffihús og verslanir læstu einnig viðskiptavini sína inni vegna ástandsins og hleyptu fólki hvorki inn né út.
Re: Shooting. At this time, we can confirm multiple fatalities. The incident is ongoing. More information will be available when we can. Please continue to avoid the area of Brookside Drive between Main and Ring Road.
— Fredericton Police (@CityFredPolice) August 10, 2018
BBC hefur eftir fréttamanni á staðnum að fjögur byssuskot hafi heyrst rétt eftir klukkan sjö í morgun að staðartíma, eða um klukkan 11 að íslenskum tíma.
BREAKING: From Fredericton Police: “Re: Shooting. At this time, we can confirm multiple fatalities. The incident is ongoing. More information will be available when we can. Please continue to avoid the area of Brookside Drive between Main and Ring Road.” @CTVAtlantic pic.twitter.com/CS0zdbcKxJ
— Nick Moore (@NickMooreCTV) August 10, 2018
Þá greindi lögregla í Fredericton frá því að tveir hinna látnu séu lögreglumenn. Þeir hafa ekki verið nafngreindir.
Fréttin hefur verið uppfærð.
Of the four people killed in this morning's shootings on Brookside Drive, two were Fredericton Police officers. No names are being released at this time. Please appreciate this is a difficult time for their families and our colleagues. We will provide more info when we can.
— Fredericton Police (@CityFredPolice) August 10, 2018
UDPATE: At this time we can confirm that we have one suspect in custody.
— Fredericton Police (@CityFredPolice) August 10, 2018
Police continue to have the Brookside area contained for the foreseeable future as the investigation is ongoing.
Please continue to avoid the area and follow us for the facts.
