PRIME MINISTER HARPER ADDRESSES THE NATION From CTV News; The Ottawa Citizen In his first public words since Wednesday morning’s shootings, Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the attacks “despicable” and “cold-blooded murder.” “In the days to come, we will learn more about the terrorist and any accomplices he may have had,” he said. “But these attacks are a grim reminder that Canada is not immune to the types of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere around the world.” He called the attacks on the military and on Parliament “by their very nature attacks on our country, on our values, on society, on us Canadians, a free and democratic people who embrace human dignity for all. “We will not be intimidated. Canada will never be intimidated,” he said. He promised the country will “redouble our efforts” to keep Canada safe and fight terrorists abroad who have “the hope of bringing their savagery to our shores. They will have no safe haven.” CTV News has confirmed that the suspect in Wednesday’s attack is Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a so-called Canadian citizen born in 1982. He is reportedly a convert to Islam. He has previous convictions for drug possession and robbery. His father fought in Libya against the Gaddafi regime but was also opposed to the NATO air strikes in that country. Photos: The Prime Minister this evening; The late Corporal Nathan Cirillo
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:09:15 +0000
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