Police work at the crime scene near Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.Image: keystone
Feb 11, 2026, 10:39 p.mFeb 11, 2026, 10:39 p.m
After the fatal attack on a school in Canada, police have announced the identity of the alleged perpetrator. “The suspect has been identified as an 18-year-old female,” said a British Columbia provincial police officer. She was a resident of the Tumbler Ridge community.
The police also corrected their information about the total number of deaths from ten to nine. These include a teacher and three students between the ages of 13 and 17. The victims found dead in a house were the perpetrator’s mother and stepbrother. The condition of at least two of the injured is “serious”. No information was initially given about the motives. The relationship between the perpetrator and the victims remains part of the investigation, police said.
“Mental health problems”
The officer also announced that emergency services had been deployed to the suspects’ home address several times in recent years. Weapons were also seized. He also spoke of the alleged perpetrator’s “mental health problems” without giving further details.
Regarding the identity of the suspects, the officer said: “We are identifying the suspect the way he identified himself publicly and on social media.” But he can say that the perpetrator was registered as male at birth. The police currently have no information about whether the suspect experienced bullying and other discrimination at school. She dropped out of school four years ago. (sda/dpa)