Police enter the Canadian Parliament. CNN.
More information is coming out about the shooting at Ottawa's Parliament. CNN. The shooting started with the killing of an honor guard soldier, CPL Nathan Cirillo, at the Canadian War Memorial. The shooter then ran into Parliament, wounding three others before being gunned down by Canada's Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers. The suspect was killed at the scene. He has been identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a convert to Islam who had tried to go to the Middle East to fight. The shooter was extremely close to Prime Minster Stephan Harper before he was shot. Canadian authorities are still looking for other suspects It has not been confirmed if the were more then one shooter.
My Comment:
Just an update for the shooting in Ottawa today. It is clear that this is a terror attack. It's very much not clear about the details though. Was this guy a random lone nut or was this a larger conspiracy? Was he the only shooter? Was there a specific target? Does this have anything to do with ISIS or another foreign terror organization? Was this related to the vehicular murder committed by another Muslim in Canada this week?
It's going to take some time to get more details about what happened. Still, this is part of a larger trend of radical Jihadists attacking people in Western countries. That is not a trend that needs to continue.
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