The Montreal massacre
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On 6 December 1989, a college shooting in Canada left 14 women dead. The killer sent all the men out of the classroom before opening fire on the women. One of the survivors, tells her story. Photo: Marc Lepine, the killer. Credit: Associated Press.
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