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Alex Ritson

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Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

And the police say they believe that that incident at that home and what happened at the school was linked.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Although at this stage, they're not going into any details.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

The police say they don't know the attacker's connection whatsoever.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

There was a community lockdown that happened in the minutes and hours after this shooting.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

That has now been cancelled.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

The authorities say that they don't believe that there were any outstanding suspects or ongoing threats to the public.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

So details of the suspected shooter fairly few and far between.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Very few and far between.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

The only inkling that we have about a possible, well, not so much an identity, but an initial alert that went out to the authorities when it was discovered that something had happened at the school.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

The Canadian media say the alert described the suspect as a woman, someone in a dress with brown hair.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Now, that isn't confirmation that it was a woman, but perhaps an indication that in the early stages of this, they might have believed that a woman was responsible, but certainly no confirmation about an identity from the police.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

And this is a tiny community.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Yeah, 2,400 people approximately live in Tumbler Ridge.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

As I say, it is a very small community.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

It's about 1,000 kilometres north of Vancouver, near the border with Alberta.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

As we know, based on past shootings in Canada, shootings are very rare in that country if you compare it, say, to the United States in terms of the use of firearms and violence, these kinds of incidents.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

They have happened in the past, but very few and far between.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Peter Bowes.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Cuba's tourism industry has suffered a major blow after dozens of flights were cancelled because of a lack of aviation fuel.

Global News Podcast
BBC in Iran for first time since protest crackdown

Air Canada, which flies many tourists to the Caribbean island, suspended flights on Monday because of the shortages.