A man with a black trench coat whose shooting rampage in a Montreal college killed one person and wounded 19 others before he was killed by police said on a website in his name that his favourite internet game was about the Columbine shootings.

A terrifying attack in a Canadian college has left one woman and the gunman dead and at least 19 others injured.

A gunman in a black coat and sporting a mohawk haircut opened fire at a college today, wounding at least 20 people before being killed by police.