India, Feb. 12 -- Police on Wednesday identified the suspect in a school shooting in Canada as 18-year-old Van Rootselaar, who had prior mental health calls to her home.

Van Rootselaar was found dead following the attack that killed eight other people in the small mountain community of Tumbler Ridge in a remote part of the British Columbia province.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) deputy commissioner Dwayne McDonald said in a press conference that Van Rootselaar had a history of mental health contact with police, and that the suspect's mother and stepbrother were also found dead in a home near the school.

The motive behind the attack still remains unclear.

More than 25 people were wounded Tuesday in the double attack, including t...