Nova Scotia\u2019s RCMP say an alleged plan by at least two suspects to carry out \u201cmass killings\u201d\u009d of civilians in a public place in the Halifax area on Valentine\u2019s Day has been foiled.<\/p>\n
Asst. Commissioner Brian Brennan, the senior Mountie in the province, says a man who was found dead in a Halifax area home early Friday intended to go to a public place with a woman and open fire on citizens before killing themselves.<\/p>\n
Police received information from the public on Thursday morning of a potential significant weapons-related threat. The information suggested a 19-year-old Halifax area man and a 23-year old woman from Geneva, Ill., had access to firearms, Brennan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe received a threat that individuals were planning on targeting a public venue in Halifax, to go there and commit mass killings of civilians and to ultimately kill themselves,\u201d\u009d Brennan said in a phone interview Friday night.<\/p>\n