A week has gone by since the deadliest shooting in Canadian history, and calls are mounting for acknowledgment of the gender-based violence that occurred as part of the Nova Scotia gunman’s rampage.
The RCMP released a detailed account on the attack on Friday, saying that on the night of April 18, the shooter assaulted someone “who was known to him.” The public was told that the person escaped and hid in the woods.
And they were told that this assault was a possible catalyst to a killing spree that has claimed at least 22 lives. Police didn’t clarify — until asked by a reporter — that the person assaulted was the gunman’s girlfriend.