Canada: 2 gunmen killed, 6 police officers injured in bank shootout

Canada police police shot dead two men during a gunfight on Tuesday at a bank in British Columbia which left six officers injured, and nearby homes were evacuated after the discovery of a possible explosive device, Emergency response team members arrived on the scene at the Bank of Montreal in Saanich, on Vancouver Island, near the border with the US state of Washington, around 11 am (1800 GMT), law enforcement said. “This remains an ongoing police incident with a heavy police presence in the area,” according to a statement posted by Saanich, British Columbia, police on their website. Later, police said they were lifting the shelter-in-place order but that the block near the bank remained closed over the potential bomb. The suspects were “heavily armed” and initial reports suggest they were wearing body armour, Saanich police chief Dean Duthie told a press conference, saying he did not have any further information about them.Six officers were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.