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Police arrest man in downtown Halifax after gun report, firearm found on bus

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Oct, 2014 11:35 AM

    HALIFAX - Police arrested a man in Halifax today and recovered a firearm on a nearby public transit bus after receiving a report of a man carrying what appeared to be a gun wrapped in fabric in the city's downtown.

    Const. Pierre Bourdages of Halifax Regional Police says they received a single report at 8:36 a.m. of a man with a rifle on Duke and Brunswick streets in the city's downtown core.

    Police tweeted that they had arrested a man on Argyle Street shortly after 11 a.m. in the same area of the city.

    Police also tweeted that they had received no indication of any threats being made.

    Some schools in the area took precautions on the movement of students.

    Doug Hadley of the Halifax Regional School Board says police advised Citadel High School to go into a hold and secure mode, which meant about 1,200 students can move freely inside the building but no one was allowed to leave or enter it.

    Three elementary schools in the area also restricted students' movement, with some keeping children inside at recess.

    The Capital District Health Authority also said on its Twitter feed that it had heightened security at all of its medical sites, but that appointments were continuing.

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