Canadian police say a suspect is in custody after at least four people – two of them police officers – were killed in a shooting in the eastern city of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
The city police confirmed the officers’ deaths on Twitter. The pair have not been named, and the circumstances around the incident remain unclear. Police have ended a lockdown in the area but continue their investigation. A local TV reporter said he had heard four gunshots just after 07:00 (11:00 GMT).
Fredericton is the capital of New Brunswick province and home to around 56,000 people. It is rare in Canada for police officers to be killed in the line of duty. Between 1961 and 2009, a total of 133 police were killed, and just five in the province of New Brunswick.Photo Credit: Getty
