anada Parliament Shooting: How it Unfolded CNN (10/23/14) Payne, Ed A Canadian soldier was killed Wednesday in a multi-pronged attack in Ottawa believed to have been carried out by a Muslim convert whose passport had been revoked to prevent him from traveling abroad to fight. The attack began shortly before 10 a.m., when a man with a high-powered rifle opened fire on two soldiers standing guard at the Canadian War Memorial. One of those soldiers, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, was struck and mortally wounded by at least one of the four shots that are believed to have been fired. At least one eyewitness reports that the assailant then carjacked someone at gunpoint and escaped. Just minutes later, a gunman entered the Canadian Parliament building--located a quarter mile from the memorial--and opened fire on security officers, who returned fire. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who was in the building at the time of the shooting, was escorted to a safe location along with some parliamentarians, while others barricaded themselves in other rooms. Although the suspected shooter, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, was killed at some point by the sergeant-at-arms, Ottawa police fan out across the city to look for any other people who may have been involved. The U.S. Embassy, meanwhile, was placed on lockdown
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 19:55:12 +0000
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