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The joyful atmosphere and music at a famous salsa dance festival in Toronto, Canada, turned into a night of horror and terror as an armed man opened fire in a lively area full of shops and restaurants, leaving two dead and five wounded, turning the festive excitement into a shocking human tragedy.

In the details of the incident, local police immediately launched an intensive search for the fugitive gunman, warning residents via the platform 'X' to avoid the area immediately and follow instructions, before later announcing full control of the site to restore calm to terrified souls.

This tragedy brings back to mind the country's concerns over firearms, as Canada is witnessing a worrying rise in shooting incidents; not long ago, a similar incident shook Montreal, killing two people, including a police officer, in addition to the biggest tragedy in the town of 'Tumbler Ridge' in western Canada last February, when an armed woman killed eight people, including her mother and brother, inside a school, and wounded 27 others before taking her own life, reopening questions about the human and security implications of such recurring incidents.