‘We will get through this’: visibly shaken Mark Carney addresses Canada after mass shooting leaves 10 dead

Flags flown at half-mast throughout country after attack in small British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge

A visibly shaken Mark Carney has promised Canadians they will make it through the aftermath of a mass shooting in a small western town, in which an assailant killed nine people and then themselves in one of the deadliest such attacks in the country’s history.

“It’s obviously a very difficult day for the nation,” said the Canadian prime minister on Wednesday, who at one point looked close to tears. “This morning, parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love.”