2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa
| Shootings at War Memorial and Parliament Hill | |
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Parliament Hill's Centre Block, scene of the attack by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau
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| Location | Ottawa Ontario, Canada |
| Date | October 22, 2014 9:52 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. (EDT) |
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Attack type
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Shootings, homicide, terrorism |
| Weapons | .30-30 Winchester Model 94 rifle |
| Deaths | 2 (including the perpetrator) |
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Non-fatal injuries
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3 |
| Perpetrator | Michael Zehaf-Bibeau |
| Michael Zehaf-Bibeau | |
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Zehaf-Bibeau at the National War Memorial on October 22, 2014
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| Born |
Joseph Paul Michael Bibeau October 16, 1982 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Died | October 22, 2014 (aged 32) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Residence | Ottawa Mission Shelter (at the time of death) Previous: Vancouver, British Columbia Calgary, Alberta Aylmer, Quebec Montreal, Quebec |
| Nationality | Canadian and Libyan (dual citizenship through father) |
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Corporal Nathan Cirillo |
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| Birth name | Nathan Frank Cirillo |
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December 23, 1989 Hamilton, Ontario |
| Died | October 22, 2014 (aged 24) National War Memorial |
| Buried at | Woodland Cemetery, Hamilton, Ontario (Section 18, Row 19, Grave: 30) |
| Service/branch |
 Canadian Army
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| Years of service | 8 years |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Unit | The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) |
A series of shootings occurred on October 22, 2014, at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. At the Canadian National War Memorial, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau fatally shot Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a Canadian soldier on ceremonial sentry duty. He then entered the nearby Centre Block parliament building, where members of the Parliament of Canada were attending caucuses. After wrestling with a constable at the entrance, Zehaf-Bibeau ran inside and had a shootout with parliament security personnel. He was shot 31 times by six officers and died at the scene. Following the shootings, the downtown core of Ottawa was placed on lockdown while police searched for any potential additional threats. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation into the shootings is ongoing.
The attacker, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, was a 32-year-old Canadian habitual offender and drug addict from Montreal. Considered by several acquaintances to have mental issues, he had been observed by acquaintances and mosque staff exhibiting erratic behaviour. Zehaf-Bibeau, who had a Libyan-Canadian father, had converted to Islam in 2004 and visited Libya. At the time of the shooting, Zehaf-Bibeau planned to leave Canada for the Middle East, living in a homeless shelter in Ottawa while waiting for the processing of his Canadian passport application. According to RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson the "passport issue was central to what was driving" Zehaf-Bibeau. Zehaf-Bibeau made a video prior to the attack in which he expressed his motives as being related "to Canada's foreign policy and in respect of his religious beliefs." To acquaintances and co-workers, he had previously expressed support for jihadists and others in the Middle East resisting the West's intervention, but was not known to the police to be a terrorism risk. In his mother's opinion, the attack was the "last desperate act" of someone with a mental disorder who felt trapped.Canadian Muslim organizations condemned the attack.
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