MelancholicMechanicus
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At least 18 people killed in N.S. shooting; deadliest such attack in Canada: police
Police say at least 18 people, including an RCMP officer, have been killed in a mass shooting incident in Nova Scotia, making it the worst mass shooting in Canadian history. The suspect is also dead following the incident.
atlantic.ctvnews.ca
This is not your average mass shooting. So far there is little info over the reason for it but what makes this unique is the style. The shooter didn't go into a place and shoot it up like a school or a mall. No, he went to the victims. And he did so over the course of hours while dressed as a mountie apparently (Canadian federal police, though probably the modern uniform not the aesthetic red one you are thinking of).
This went on for hours. There is over 100km between the first and last victim. This is simply eerie. Was he really jusy going wherever he passed by or was this premeditated and he knew who he wanted to kill? How did it take so long for the Canadians to realize this "officer" wasn't what he looked to be?
And, at the risk of being a little inflamatory here, how much will this be used as a lever to force gub control and draconian censorship and government oversight on the canadian population? We all know politicians can't let tragedies go to waste, and with the world already in panic thanks to Covid-19 they sure have a easy "Think of your safety!" card to play here. Any canadian forum members wanna way in on this and give us some background?