The defector falls stretched out and unmoving in a pile of leaves against a small wall on the South Korean side. Suddenly, two of the North Koreans run away while the soldier in the leaves jumps up and dashes across the dividing line into South Korean territory before stopping, turning on his heels and sprinting back to the northern side after his comrades. The North Korean soldiers, one of whom drops flat into the leaves, fire at the defector at close range with handguns and AK-47 assault rifles – about 40 rounds, the South says. He kicks up leaves, ducking below a tree branch just as the North Korean soldiers skid into view.
Seconds pass as he tries in vain to gun the vehicle out of the gully before leaping out and sprinting into the South. Right at the line that divides North from South, the defector crashes the jeep into a ditch. The building’s management confirmed the shooting didn’t take place inside the shopping center.Four North Korean soldiers, weapons in their hands, race by the blue huts that straddle the line and are familiar to anyone who has toured the only spot on the border where North and South Korean soldiers face off within spitting distance of each other. The mall, the Rideau Center, is on lockdown.
There was another shooting close to a mall that’s near Parliament Hill.
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The Telegram reports that the shooter drove to the parliament buildings in a stolen black car with no license plates. The second round of shots were fired at Chateau Laurier, close to Parliament Hill. She added that police apparently don’t know how many shooters are involved in this. Though just after 20 minutes later, Rosemary Barton of CBC reported that further shots had been fired. Officials at an afternoon news conference would neither confirm nor deny reports that they were looking for additional shooters.Ĭonservative member of parliament Stephen Taylor tweeted that the suspect had been shot and killed just after 10:30 a.m. The Globe and Mail later reported that Canadian authorities had revoked Zehalf-Bibeau’s passport, but not arrested, because he was deemed a high-risk traveler - the same situation that played out with Martin Coutoure-Rouleau, who ran over and killed a Canadian soldier earlier this week in Quebec.Īt an afternoon news conference, Ottawa police and Canada’s Royal Mounted Police asked anyone with information about the shooter or the attack to call police at 61, extension 5493. sources, identified the gunman Wednesday afternoon as Michael Zehalf-Bibeau, a Canadian born in 1982. That’s when Kevin Vickers, the Parliament’s heroic sergeant at arms, shot the gunman, likely saving countless lives, including those of multiple prominent politicians.ĬBS News, citing U.S. The gunman, who CBC reports was a “tall thin man with a black and white headscarf,” ran from the War Memorial toward Parliament Hill, where he entered the Hall of Honor and began shooting, multiple news outlets reported. RCMP yelling everyone to back away from Parliament Hill. A Gunman Wearing a ‘Black & White Headscarf’ Was Killed by the Sergeant at Arms The shooting came two days after a recent convert to Islam ran over two Canadian soldiers, killing one, in a hit-and-run attack in Quebec, raising concerns of terrorist activity and prompting the Canadian government to raise its terror alert level from low to medium.ġ. They declined to say whether a second shooter is suspected and would not confirm reports that the same shooter had opened fire at both the War Memorial and the Parliament building.
Officials at an afternoon news conference confirmed only that the soldier and one gunman had been killed. The Globe and Mail and other media outlets identified the soldier as Nathan Cirillo, a 24-year-old from Hamilton, Ontario. The capital city is on lockdown amid fears that there were multiple shooters in what appeared to be a coordinated attack. For broadcast rights, please contact T14:45:08.000ZĪ gunman shot and killed a Canadian soldier standing guard at the War Memorial in Ottawa Wednesday, and a gunman was later shot dead by the heroic sergeant of arms inside the Canadian Parliament’s building after opening fire just outside caucus rooms where Members of Parliament were meeting.
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Footage from Globe reporter captures police sweeping Parliament Hill The crack of gunshots rang through the halls of Parliament Hill’s Centre Block on Wednesday, sending MPs into hiding after a gunman fired on soldiers guarding Canada’s main war memorial.