00:00At least one person was killed on Monday when a gunman opened fire at the Teotihuacan Pyramids in Mexico,
00:07a key Aztec archaeological site, and one of the country's most popular tourist attractions.
00:13Authorities identified the victim who was fatally shot as a Canadian woman.
00:17Four others, including another Canadian national, were injured by gunshots,
00:23while two more sustained wounds from falls, all of whom were taken to hospital for treatment.
00:28Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand expressed her condolences to the families of the victims
00:33and called the incident a horrific act of gun violence.
00:38Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she was in touch with Canadian officials at the embassy
00:42and said her government would launch an investigation into the attack.
00:47Officials later shared that the gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
00:52The Teotihuacan Pyramids are a series of massive structures on the outskirts of Mexico City,
00:56built by three different ancient civilizations that draw in around 2 million tourists a year.
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