Canadian parliment Ottwa shooting gunman
Security forces are on alert across Canada after a gunman attacked the nation's parliament, shooting a soldier dead before himself being killed by a parliamentary official.
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper declared that the nation would "never be intimidated" and said the soldier, who was standing on ceremonial guard duty outside the nation's main war memorial in Ottawa, had been "murdered in cold blood".
The gunman has been identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Muslim convert who was born Michael Joseph Hall, who reportedly fought in Libya during the uprising which deposed strongman Moamar Gaddafi.
He was shot dead by the parliament's sergeant-at-arms, who has been hailed a hero by MPs who were caught in the building as dozens of shots were fired.
Soldier shot in chest while on guard duty
The violence began about 10:00am Wednesday (local time) when a soldier Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old reservist serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada regiment, was shot in the chest with a rifle as he stood on guard.
It is believed that Zehaf-Bibeau then hijacked a car and ran into the nearby parliament building where he opened fire when confronted by security staff.
Pictures from inside the parliament showed MPs barricading themselves into a room as security guards traded fire with the gunman.
"I literally had just taken off my jacket to go into caucus. I hear this 'pop, pop, pop', possibly 10 shots," Liberal Party member John McKay told reporters.
"Suddenly the security guards come rushing down the hallways and usher us all out to the back of the parliament buildings."
Witnesses said they saw a man armed with a rifle running into parliament after the shooting at the war monument.
A construction worker on the scene said he heard a gunshot, then saw a man dressed in black with a scarf over his face running towards parliament with a gun.
The gunman rushed past a woman with a child in a stroller, who ran away screaming. He did not attack the woman or child, construction worker Scott Walsh told Reuters.
Another witness, Marc-Andre Viau, said he saw a man run into the parliament precinct, chased by police who yelled "take cover".
That was followed by "10, 15, maybe 20 shots", possibly from an automatic weapon, he said.
Veterans affairs minister Julian Fantino, a former policeman, said parliament's head of security, sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers, shot dead a suspected gunman.
"All the details are not in, but the sergeant-at-arms, a former Mountie, is the one that engaged the gunman, or one of them at least, and stopped this," Mr Fantino said.
Source : http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-23/canadian-parliament-in-lockdown-after-gunman-shoots-soldier/5834692
Who : A gunman and soldiers.
Where : Canadian parliament.
When : October 22, 2014
Why : The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has urged supporters to carry out attacks against Western countries, including Canada.
What : Tragedy and terror struck Canada's capital city Wednesday as a gunman shot a soldier standing guard at the country's National War Memorial before storming the Parliament building.
How : Canada's prime minister called the incident the country's second terrorist attack in three days.
Terrorists are everywhere...
回覆刪除Poor those died in the terrorist attack.