A policeman killed in the line of duty
Canadian police announced on Tuesday the death of a gendarme about a hundred kilometers south of Toronto.
A constable died on Tuesday after being shot in the line of duty, about 100 kilometers south of the Canadian city of Toronto, police said.
“It is with a heavy heart that I regret to report that an Ontario Provincial Police Constable, Grzegorz Pierzchala, was killed today in the line of duty,” said Commissioner Thomas Carrique of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), on Twitter.
Grzegorz Pierzchala “was investigating a motor vehicle collision when he was shot and killed this afternoon” in the small town of Hagersville, which has some 3,000 inhabitants, in the south of the province, according to a press release. The constable was 28 years old and had been on the job for just over a year. He died in hospital. Two suspects have been taken into custody, police said at a press briefing on Tuesday.
In the evening, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lamented “heartbreaking news”. “The thoughts of all Canadians are with his family, friends and colleagues,” he said, on Twitter. Less familiar with mass shootings than its American neighbour, Canada is, however, experiencing an upsurge in violent acts of this type, which prompted authorities to recently legislate to ban handguns.
AFP
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