World leaders offer condolences to Canada
Hello, I’m Anna Cunningham in London. World leaders are starting to respond this morning to the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Sharing his condolences on social media site X, President Emmanuel Macron said France “stands alongside the Canadian people” and described the shootings as “horror.”
“Our thoughts are with the families of the victims, the injured, and the entire educational community,” he wrote.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the news has “deeply shaken us” and wished the injured a swift recovery.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose country is still reeling from the Bondi Beach attack last December that killed 15 people and injured 39 others, said he is “deeply shocked and saddened” by the tragedy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also posted a message saying: “such tragedies should never happen anywhere, in any country in the world.” He said Ukrainians hope those injured recover quickly.
