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Wednesday 22 October 2014

Gunmen open fire inside parliament building in Ottawa, Canada

Multiple gunmen stormed the Canadian Parliament complex and the National War Memorial in Ottawa around 10am this morning Wednesday October 22nd and started shooting at people. One soldier was killed (at the Canadian war memorial). According to eye witnesses, a gunman came down from a car, walked up to the soldier and shot him dead. One of the shooters was later killed by police.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had to be evacuated from the government building, which is currently on lock down. Schools and the US embassy are also on lock down in Ottawa. No one/group has claimed responsibility for what's going on there right now. Read the full story from CNN after the cut...


From CNN
Wednesday morning's gunfire in the main Canadian Parliament building started in the foyer, and a second round of shooting happened about a minute later in a hallway or near the entrance to the Parliament's library, Ottawa journalist Josh Wingrove told CNN.
He said several officers had weapons drawn, and most of the dozens of shots that he heard appeared to have been fired by officers at the gunman.
When the shooting ended, a person was lying motionless on the ground near the library entrance, Wingrove said.
There were "numerous gunmen" Wednesday morning at the Canada War Memorial shooting, said Marc Soucy of the Ottawa Police Service. Authorities are working to figure out if there were two or three gunmen, he said. Only one person was shot, Soucy said.
There were "several shooting incidents in downtown Ottawa" on Wednesday morning, police said on Twitter. "Incidents occurred at National War Memorial, near the Rideau Centre and Parliament Hill." All Ottawa police buildings remain on lockdown and are closed to the public, police also said on Twitter.
There were two soldiers standing guard at the war memorial in Ottawa near Parliament, and a gunman shot one of them, a witness told CNN on Wednesday. Peter Henderson, a journalist, said other soldiers doing drills nearby ran to help the fallen soldier. Henderson said he knew the person shot was a soldier because of the ceremonial uniform the soldier was wearing.

26 comments:

ujunwa said...

so bad

APPLE said...

That is serious! Angry men everywhere.

Alloy Chikezie said...

What a horrific day it would have been for the parliamentarian.


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Anonymous said...

Would av been a very happy day for Nigerians if it happened in either d senate house or house of rep...

Ken - Atutuboyoyo-I of Ahia Land said...

The Prime Minister was not in Parliament. He was in Toronto for another function with Malala Yousafzai.
The shooter in Parliament is dead and the status of the other(s) is not known yet.

Unknown said...

THE KIND OF THINGS THAT IS HAPPENING ARROUND DE WORLD KEEP ON FLABBASGASTING ME DEMENTING ME TO ASK GOD FOR APOLOGY ON SODOM AN GOMORAH MAY GOD SAVE US AS FOR THE GUN MEN HISS

ary said...

A terrorist attack?! Canada has always being a peaceful country, why this attack?

APPLE said...

MUSLIMS AS USUAL!!!!!!!!

Unknown said...

this is serious..what do they want bikonu

Anonymous said...

My beloved Ottawa now has gun men running around!

Subomi said...

Strange.

Unknown said...

Chai Canada nke m...Chineke Biko protect this country for me

Unknown said...

Boko Haram is now in Canada???

Anonymous said...

Jesus help us o!

Anonymous said...

Not all school are on lockdown o. University of Ottawa is cos their school is in that area but my own school, Carleton University decided not to, sadly. Anyway, God protect us all.

Anonymous said...

This is unusual in Canada. RIP fallen soldier

Anonymous said...

This is as a result of 6 fighter jets sent to Iraq last week and earlier this week..2. Soldiers were targeted and run down in Alberta 2days ago...d fight against terror won't stop...they are morons..a govt tht admits over 300,000 immigrants yearly which include Muslims from all over d world...d govt will just b pissed and lock up all of this...let someone keep sayin to me tht Islam is a religion of peace...I don't care hw u say it...it's just getting started...

snowflix said...

Nawa o it's well, may the soul of the dead rest in peace Amen #onelovefromSnow#

Unknown said...

This is serious
Horrible situation

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Anonymous said...

Thank God is not only in Naija that this kind of thing happens
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Anonymous said...

Like seriously. Insecurity all over d world.


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Oby said...

Ahh, lindodo which one is multiple gunmen again. it's only one man and they shot him dead, after he killed a soldier. but everything is under control now and Ottawa is peaceful once more.

Unknown said...

Fear wan catch me....

Anonymous said...

I see you're as lazy as I am, unfortunately Carleton wasn't on lock down :(

Anonymous said...

FYI: Quebec not Alberta, get your facts right Mister!

Anonymous said...

U r a big fool....y exactly are u thanking God...???? So u can say evri country has issues??? Dat was some1z son killed doing his job...protecting his country..yet u thank God ..idiot!

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