Canada PM terms shooting rampage as 'terrorism'

October 23, 2014 07:54 am | Updated November 17, 2021 04:51 am IST - OTTAWA, Ontario

Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during a televised address to the nation in Ottawa, Ontario. Photo: AP

Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks during a televised address to the nation in Ottawa, Ontario. Photo: AP

Referring to the recent shootouts that have rocked the nation as 'terrorism', Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in his address to the nation that, “Canada will never be intimidated.”

Unfolding just before 10 a.m., while lawmakers were meeting in caucus rooms, the assault rocked Parliament with the boom of gunfire, led MPs to barricade doors with chairs and sent people streaming from the building in fear. Mr. Harper was addressing a caucus when the attack began outside the door, but he safely escaped.

Investigators offered little information about the gunman, identified as 32-year-old criminal Michael Zehaf—Bibeau. But Mr. Harper said, “In the days to come we will learn about him and any accomplices he may have had.”

Canada was already on alert at the time because of a hit-and-run assault Monday against two Canadian soldiers by a man Mr. Harper described as an “ISIL-inspired terrorist.”

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