Canadian parliament locked down after soldier shot dead

[seasidemike]

A gunman shot and killed a soldier in Ottawa and then entered the country's parliament buildings chased by police, with at least 30 shots fired, according to reports in Canada.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1022/654154-canada-shooting/

 

[Webster]

Yahoo News: Canada PM Was Inside Parliament At Time Of Shooting

Ottawa (AFP) - Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper was meeting with lawmakers in Parliament at the moment when a gunman opened fire in the building Wednesday, a senator who attended the meeting said.

Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu was with Harper at a meeting of fellow Conservative Party members, he said, when they heard the shots ring out.

"There was a brief moment of panic," Boisvenu told Radio Canada after the shooting that he described as lasting "several minutes."

"We were lucky enough to have in our caucus several former police officers... who quickly got the situation under control," he said.

Earlier Wednesday, Harper's spokesman said the Canadian leader had been taken to a secure place and will issue a statement later in the day.

An opposition lawmaker, John McKay, told media that he had just settled in to a meeting of members of his Liberal party when he heard the gunfire.

"I hear this 'pop, pop, pop,' possibly 10 shots, don't really know," he said after being evacuated, along with several other lawmakers, from the building.

Police later confirmed a soldier was fatally shot, and a suspect was confirmed dead.

 

[Webster]

Chicago Tribune: Ottawa shooting suspect identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau
Excerpt...

A gunman attacked Canada's parliament on Wednesday, with gunfire erupting near a room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was speaking, and a soldier was fatally shot at a nearby war memorial, jolting the Canadian capital.

"One shooting victim succumbed to injuries ... one male suspect has also been confirmed deceased," the Ottawa Police Service said in a statement.

CBC News reported that the fatally shot soldier was a reservist who had been serving in Hamilton, Ontario. Canadian cabinet minister Jason Kenney said a guard in the nearby parliament buildings was also wounded.

Authorities did not immediately release details about the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting or his possible motives. But the Globe and Mail newspaper, citing federal sources, said he was Michael Zehef-Bibeau, a man in his early 30s who had recently been designated by the Canadian government as a "high-risk traveler" and had his passport seized.

Two U.S. officials said that U.S. agencies have been advised that the shooter was a Canadian convert to Islam. One of the officials said that the man was from Quebec.

The soldier who died in the shooting at the War Memorial was identified as Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, according to his aunt. "Condolences to family of the soldier killed, & prayers for the Parliamentary guard wounded. Canada will not be terrorized or intimidated," Kenney, one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's most powerful ministers, said on Twitter.

Police say the attack "caught us by surprise." Canadian police said they could not "at this point" confirm whether the man who shot dead the soldier, who was guarding the National War Memorial in central Ottawa, was the same person who shortly afterward attacked the nearby parliament building.

All locations are within a few hundred yards of each other in downtown Ottawa.

At least one gunman entered Canada's parliament buildings and many shots were fired just outside the room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was addressing a meeting of legislators.

Harper was safely removed from the building but parliament was locked down. Eyewitnesses said at least 30 shots were fired in dramatic scenes in the heart of the Canadian capital.

"PM (Harper) was addressing caucus, then a huge boom, followed by rat-a-tat shots. We all scattered. It was clearly right outside our caucus door," Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement said. A spokesman for Harper said: "While the prime minister stated that facts are still being gathered, he condemned this despicable attack."

Officials are asking the public to forward any images and video to them, but to withhold posting such media online to ensure the safety of first responders, according to their Twitter feed.

 

[DrLeftover]

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, was shot dead after opening fire at Parliament Hill
He was born in Quebec but reportedly recently converted to Islam and had his passport seized after being designated a 'high-risk traveler'
He shot reserve soldier Corporal Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial before running inside Parliament and exchanging gunfire with guards
Heroic Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers shot him dead
Police initially said there were multiple gunmen and at a press conference, they would not rule out other suspects
Witness accounts of a suspect include descriptions of him as short with long hair, overweight, wearing a dark jacket and 'Arabic scarf'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2803422/Canadian-Parliament-lockdown-gunman-shoots-Canadian-Forces-soldier-standing-guard-National-War-Memorial.html

 

[+paradox]

is there any proof that this canadian turned islam?

 

[seasidemike]

The proof is in his actions

 

[+paradox]

The proof is in his actions

explain...

 

[seasidemike]

The proof is in his actions

explain...

He is Muslim, who became extremist, and in his extremist views murdered a man in cold blood.

 

[+paradox]

The proof is in his actions

explain...

He is Muslim, who became extremist, and in his extremist views murdered a man in cold blood.

where did you get that from?

did you know this person?

trying to figure out why people are saying this canadian converted to muslim...

there's people all over the world that kills, doesn't make them muslim...

 

[identityissues8]

The proof is in his actions

explain...

He is Muslim, who became extremist, and in his extremist views murdered a man in cold blood.

The onus of proof usually needs a touch more than that, buddy.

You may be correct (by pure chance), but it'll do nothing for your credibility, clearly.

 

[Jazzy]

Reporter Captures Gunfire Exchange In Canadian Parliament

Footage captured by a reporter from The Globe and Mail shows Canadian authorities attempting to apprehend the shooter in the Canadian parliament building.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrGqoISd-do

 

[seasidemike]

The proof is in his actions

explain...

He is Muslim, who became extremist, and in his extremist views murdered a man in cold blood.

The onus of proof usually needs a touch more than that, buddy.

You may be correct (by pure chance), but it'll do nothing for your credibility, clearly.

well, just Google it and read the news

 

[+paradox]

oh, so google said so...

sounds legit...

 

[Jazzy]

Canada Killer Believed 'Devil Was After Him'

Evidence has been emerging that suggests he fitted the common jihadist profile of a troubled young man who had turned to radical Islam.

Canadian network CTV reported he had been jailed for two years for robbery and weapons possession in 2003, four years after his mother and Mr Zehaf had divorced.

Quebec court records also show that he pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to comply with a judge's order and several drug offences, including marijuana possession.

He reportedly stood trial for robbery in Vancouver in 2011 after a psychiatric assessment ruled he was fit for the judicial process.

Family friend Dave Bathurst told the CBC Zehaf-Bibeau did not appear to have extremist views, but had at times shown a disturbing side.

He said: "We were having a conversation in a kitchen, and I don't know how he worded it - he said the devil is after him."

Mr Bathurst said his friend frequently talked about the presence of Shaytan in the world - an Arabic term for devils and demons, adding: "I think he must have been mentally ill."

Bathurst last saw Zehaf-Bibeau praying in a Vancouver-area mosque six weeks ago and said that he spoke of wanting to go to the Middle East soon - although he claimed he only wanted to study Islam and Arabic.

Sounds more and more to me that he suffered from mental illness.

 

[+paradox]

exactly jazzy, but you know, everyone that goes crazy and shoots people must be an extremist muslim terrorist...

 

[identityissues8]

Wanting to go to the Middle East purely for study is something VERY common in the Muslim community. Hell, I know about a million people who have been to Jordan for those reasons very recently...And all of whom have returned without commuting questionable acts.

 

[Webster]

The proof is in his actions

explain...

He is Muslim, who became extremist, and in his extremist views murdered a man in cold blood.

Wow, Mike...by that rationale I guess every Muslim walking down the street's a potential terrorist wanna-be, huh?

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Many of these mosques are radicalized and brainwashing institutions for angry troubled young men. But instead of helping them find a purpose in life they teach them to hate and be molded into extremists. Which they did a great job with this one.

 

[+paradox]

Many of these mosques are radicalized and brainwashing institutions for angry troubled young men. But instead of helping them find a purpose in life they teach them to hate and be molded into extremists. Which they did a great job with this one.

tell me liberty, which mosque did this guy go to and how do you know this?

or, unless, you're talking out your ass again...