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CBC News Online | March 4, 2005

Man Who Killed Canada Mounties Was 'Wicked Devil'
— Reuters
The man suspected of shooting and killing four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, in the worst blood bath of its kind in Canada for 120 years, was "a wicked devil" who loved guns, relatives and media reports said on Friday.


Police killed in Canada drug raid
— BBC News
Four Canadian police officers have been killed during a drug raid in rural Alberta, in the west of the country. Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police had been searching for cannabis on a small farm near the city of Edmonton in a routine investigation.


4 Canadian Police Killed; Highest Number In 120 Years
— Associated Press
Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were killed Thursday while investigating an illegal marijuana farm, the deadliest single attack on police in Canada in 120 years.


Four police gunned down in drugs raid
— Agence France-Presse
A lone gunman shot and killed four Canadian police officers on a remote farm in the western province of Alberta being used to illegally grow marijuana, police and local authorities said.


Four RCMP officers killed
— United Press International
In what is described as the worst tragedy in Canada's RCMP history, four of its Mounties reportedly were fatally shot during a drug raid in Alberta province.


Mounties murdered
— Daily Telegraph, Australia
Four Mounties were shot dead during a raid on a marijuana-growing operation in rural Alberta yesterday.
It was one of the bloodiest days in the history of the famous police force.


Canadian cops shot in fatal marijuana raid
— Independent Online, South Africa
Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were shot and killed in a raid on a suspected marijuana-growing operation in rural Alberta on Thursday, in one of the deadliest days in the history of the national police force, a senior official said.


4 Canadian Police Officers Killed in Marijuana Raid
— Bloomberg
Four members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were killed today during a raid of a marijuana- growing operation in the deadliest incident for the national police force since 12 men were killed in a clash in 1885.






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