A man who shot and killed three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and wounded two others in June has been given five life sentences in prison, with no possibility of parole for 75 years, an unprecedented sentence in Canada, according to several media reports.
Justin Bourque, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder in the shootings, which took place in the eastern Canadian city of Moncton, New Brunswick. He will be 99 years old before he can apply for parole.
A spokeswoman at the New Brunswick court where Bourque was sentenced could not immediately confirm the sentence as court was still in session.
The incident was one of the worst of its kind in Canada, where gun laws are stricter than they are in the United States and deadly attacks on police are rare.
