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Six killed in plane crash in Quebec – reports | Reuters

Six killed in plane crash in Quebec – reports | Reuters

MONTREAL A small plane crashed in bad weather on Tuesday, killing six people in Canada's Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, off eastern Quebec, according to local media reports.

Canada's Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the crash.

The small chartered plane crashed as it approached a local airport in the Iles de la Madeleine, Canadian media reported.

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Canada police talked to militant suspect, couldn't stop attack

By Allison Lampert SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU Quebec (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Tuesday they had arrested a suspected militant as he was leaving the country, took away his passport and talked to him several times but had no chance of preventing him from killing a soldier. Martin Rouleau, a 25-year-old who converted to Islam last year, rammed his car into two soldiers in the Quebec town of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu on Monday and was shot dead by police. A 53-year-old adjutant died in the attack. ... Source: Reuters

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Canada police say they were tracking man who killed a soldier

By Allison Lampert SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU Quebec (Reuters) - A Canadian man who rammed two soldiers in Quebec with his car, killing one of them, converted to Islam last year and was among 90 people being tracked by Canadian police on suspicion of taking part in militant activities abroad or planning to do so. Monday's incident, the first fatal attack on Canadian soil tied to Islamic militants, occurred after Canada announced this month it was joining the battle against Islamic State fighters who have taken over parts of Iraq and Syria. ... Source: Reuters

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By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - A Canadian admitted in court on Monday that he killed a Chinese student and mailed body parts to Canadian political parties and schools but his lawyer said the defendant was schizophrenic and therefore not criminally responsible. Laying out the government's case, the prosecutor said evidence would show that Luka Magnotta, 32, started planning to kill a human being and make a movie of it at least six months before the 2012 killing of Chinese student Jun Lin, 33, in Montreal. ... Source: Reuters

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By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - The U.N. civil aviation body, ICAO, will meet in Montreal next week with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and other agencies to discuss airline safety following last week's downing of a Malaysian jet over Ukraine, two sources said on Thursday. Such a gathering would be unusual since the International Civil Aviation Organization has no operational role and cannot open or close air routes or warn carriers to avoid conflict zones. ... Source: Reuters