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22/10/2014 attack in Ottawa

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in an evening address that Canada would not be intimidated by Wednesday's "brutal and violent attack" in Ottawa, in which an armed attacker shot and fatally wounded a Canadian Forces member at the National War Memorial before being shot dead in Parliament's Centre Block.

The slain soldier is Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24, a reservist from Hamilton.

Moments after Cirillo was shot at his post by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, MPs and other witnesses reported 30 to 50 shots fired inside the main Parliament building.

It was confirmed later that the gunman was shot dead inside the building, felled by the House of Commons sergeant-at-arms and RCMP, according to MPs' accounts.

CBC News has confirmed the dead shooting suspect is Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian born in 1982. CBC News has learned that Zehaf-Bibeau has a criminal record in Quebec dating back 10 years on some drug-related charges. Court documents from that time show that he lived at an address in Montreal.

He also has a criminal record in B.C., where he was convicted in 2012 of uttering threats and served one day in jail.

In his brief address, Harper offered condolences for Cirillo's family, and for the family of Patrice Vincent, another soldier who was killed in an attack earlier this week.

"For the second time this week, there has been a brutal and violent attack on our soil," he said.

"But let there be no misunderstanding — we will not be intimidated, Canada will never be intimidated."

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I don't know if those across the globe know what it's like to be Canadian, but we treat each other all as equal, as family, and as citizens of a free nation. We are known as the world's most polite nation for a reason, we don't say "Sorry" in every other sentence for show, we legitimately care for one another in a way that I don't think many other countries understand. There are no words for how to explain the repercussions that today's events left our nation in. I did not know the man, I did not know his family, or even the name of the military faction he was a part of, but I still felt the pain of the loss of a fellow Canadian. I will wear my Canada jersey today around Ottawa out of a sign of respect, as many of us plan to do. I hope that as a future police officer I will see some fellow military and officers do the same. Nathan Cirillo lived a hero, died a hero, and will forever remain a hero, and I hope that this incident will never befall our nation again. RIP, and may your legacy forever live on as a man who died for his country. 

As for whether or not this was an ISIS incident, it does not matter. An attack on Canadian soil is an attack on North America, and I hope that those responsible will be treated with, although lawfully, severe punishment. I hope to see America join us in finding those responsible for this attack, and that justice will be brought forward swiftly and without more loss.

 

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