Six dead at suspected murder near Vancouver

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct 19 (Reuters) Six people were found dead in what police described as a graphic murder scene in an apartment building in a Vancouver suburb.

The bodies were discovered in a condominium in Surrey by emergency personnel who were called to the scene for a reported natural gas leak, police said yesterday.

All victims were adults and police describe the scene to local media as a ''graphic homicide.'' The victims were not immediately identified.

The reported gas leak caused chaos during the evening rush hour, forcing the closure of roads near the building as well as a station on Vancouver's Skytrain mass transit system.

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