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Canada police: Man killed 8 people, then himself

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Edmonton City Police Chief Rod Knecht speaks about multiple homicides that took place at different scenes over night in Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Police have confirmed the deaths of six adults and two young children in what Chief Ron Knecht called a "senseless mass murder." (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jason Franson)

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — A man with a lengthy criminal record killed six adults and two young children before taking his own life in Edmonton in what the police chief on Tuesday called the western Canadian city's worst mass murder.

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