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Deadly rampage in Canada follows ‘ambush’ of Toronto police officer

Deadly rampage in Canada follows ‘ambush’ of Toronto police officer

Suspect killed by police after standoff in Hamilton cemetery after constable among two killed and three seriously wounded

A Toronto police officer was shot dead in an unprovoked “ambush” before a gunman killed another man and left three others with serious injuries in a deadly rampage on Monday afternoon. The suspect was later killed in a cemetery following a standoff with police.

The attacks began around 2pm on Monday, at a Tim Hortons restaurant in the city of Mississauga, west of Toronto. Constable Andrew Hong, a 48-year-old traffic services officer, was on his lunch break from a joint training exercise when he was shot and killed at close range by the gunman. Another person was shot and left with “life-altering” injuries.

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