Toronto

Teen girls violently attack 59-year-old man

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Toronto police said Tuesday that eight teenage girls who met via social media have been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 59-year-old man. According to investigators, the girls assaulted and stabbed the man in Toronto’s downtown early Sunday morning. Medical personnel transported the man to a hospital, where he died. Police report that the eight girls were arrested near the scene of the attack. Three of the girls are 13 years …

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Mass shooting leaves “horrendous scene”

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An armed gunman shot and killed five people in a Greater Toronto Area apartment before police shot and killed the gunman, authorities said. Approximately 7:20pm on Sunday, police were called to a residential building in Vaughan, north of Toronto, for reports of an active shooter who shot several victims. In Canada, mass shootings are rare, and Toronto has long been considered one of the world’s safest cities. “When police arrived, an interaction occurred between the …

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