Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Soldier And Security Guard Shot In Ottawa

A few minutes before 10 a.m., a soldier guarding Canada's National War Memorial in Ottawa was shot by an unidentified gunman, who then stormed into the Canadian Parliament building and shot a security guard.  The attacker has reported to have been shot and killed, but this has not yet been confirmed.

Read more at The StarFox News and AOL News.

UPDATE: From Breaking 911, Ottawa police are now reporting a third shooting site near the Rideau Centre, a mall close to Parliament Hill, and a second shooter still at large.

UPDATE 2: From CBC News, the gunman who shot the soldier and then entered the Parliament building is now reported to have been killed.  The article includes a small map of the Parliament Hill area.

UPDATE 3: The CBC News link, which no longer includes the map, now indicates that the soldier, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, has died.

UPDATE 4: From the Mail Online, the dead attacker has been identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a recent convert to Islam, whose passport was revoked when he was designated a "high-risk traveler".  (via Bare Naked Islam)

2 comments:

  1. Bet you any amount of money the shooters were Muslim.

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  2. Some Twitter activity appears to indicate just that. There may be some further updates.

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