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Trudeau laments ‘evil’ mass shooting, raises toll to 18
OTTAWA, April 20, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday
the death toll from an “evil” weekend shooting rampage in Nova Scotia had risen to at
least 18. “Our country stands united in our effort to defeat a pandemic, to save lives
and to help each other make it to a better day,” he told a news conference.
“But yesterday we were jolted from that common cause by the senseless violence and
tragedy in Nova Scotia, (where) a gunman claimed the lives of at least 18 people.”
“No one man’s action can build a wall between us and a better day — no matter how
evil, how thoughtless, or how destructive,” Trudeau added.
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