Gun massacre at school

POLICE have identified the suspect in a school shooting in Canada as an 18-year-old who had prior mental health calls to her home and who was found dead following the attack that killed eight people in a remote part of British Columbia.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police deputy commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Jesse Van Rootse laar had a history of mental health contact with police, and that the suspect's mother and stepbrother were also found dead in a home near the school. The motive remained unclear.

Police initially said nine people were killed on Tuesday in the attack, but Mr McDonald clarified on Wednesday that there were eight fatalities, plus the suspect, who authorities said shot herself.

Mr McDonald said the discrepancy arose from a victim who was airlifted to a medical centre. Authorities mistakenly thought that person had died.