Canada police: 9 dead in 3 crime scenes

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Canada police: 9 dead in 3 crime scenes

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Nine people, including seven adults and two young children, were found dead at three separate crime scenes in what Edmonton's police chief on Tuesday called a "senseless mass murder."

Chief Rod Knecht told a news conference the killings were the result of domestic violence. The victims included a woman found Monday night by officers who were responding to a weapons complaint at a south Edmonton home.

The bodies of three more women, two men, a boy and a girl were discovered a few hours later at a home in the northeast part of the city where officers had checked on reports of a suicidal male earlier in the evening.

None of the victims was identified, but Knecht said the public was not in danger.

"This series of events are not believed to be random acts," he said. "These events do not appear to be gang-related, but rather tragic incidents of domestic violence."

A man matching the description of the suicidal male was found dead in a restaurant in the Edmonton bedroom community of Fort Saskatchewan on Tuesday morning, Knecht said.

"Our homicide investigators have established associations and linkages between these homicides," he said.

Police would not elaborate on the connection between the deaths.


-- (c) Associated Press 2014-12-31

[Credo]

Wow, 9 people killed in Canada do not get as much attention as 2 killed in the US.

[Credo]

A little more information here:

http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-canada-edmonton-deaths-20141230-story.html

[HeijoshinCool]

Wow, 9 people killed in Canada do not get as much attention as 2 killed in the US.

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Yep, even though guns were used, and the single US death was accidental, while the nine were murder.

Couldn't be American bashing, could it?

No, of course not. Not here, not on TV.

[sanuk711]

Couldn't be your paranoia could it................ No, of course not. Not here, not on TV.....................

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It's in the BBC world news

It's in both UK leading newspapers

it's in ThaiVisa above the USA report with a "Must Read" tag .

[mdmayes]

It's a tragedy. RIP for victims and condolences to the families.

[chuckd]

Couldn't be your paranoia could it................ No, of course not. Not here, not on TV.....................

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It's in the BBC world news

It's in both UK leading newspapers

it's in ThaiVisa above the USA report with a "Must Read" tag .

It isn't paranoia if they really are out to get you.

This thread opened at 0700 today with this particular post being number 7.

The other thread about the accidental shooting opened at 0710 today with the next post being number 86.

You do the math

[Credo]

Americans should be proud and thankful. Apparently the life of one lady shopping at Walmart is worth more than 9 Canadians, if one goes by the number of posts on the other thread.

[EyesWideOpen]

Americans should be proud and thankful. Apparently the life of one lady shopping at Walmart is worth more than 9 Canadians, if one goes by the number of posts on the other thread.

Sigh......The media controls the dispersal of these stories. If you have an issue take it up

them. This has nothing to do with " Americans". And any thinking person would realize that

the shooting of the mother by the toddler will ignite gun control issues.......

[Phil Water]

Wow, 9 people killed in Canada do not get as much attention as 2 killed in the US.

While this is remarkable. It is also remarkable that the Canadian murder rate per capita is approximately 1/10 of the murder rate in the United States. That one is hard to put a finger on.