Michael Zehaf-Bibeau

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Mother: Ottawa Shooter Wanted to Die

Cops: Video shows 'ideological motives for attack'

(Newser) - The gunman who killed a soldier before storming Canada's Parliament last week was not a terrorist but a mentally ill man acting out of desperation, his mother says. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau's mother tells the National Post that her son was confused and deeply unhappy and turned to Islam to...

Ottawa Attack: Lawmakers Made Flagpoles Into Spears

Stephen Harper hid in closet for 15 minutes

(Newser) - If gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau had made it as far as a caucus room during his attack on Canada's Parliament , he would have had numerous spear-wielding Conservative lawmakers to deal with. An MP tells the Globe and Mail that after gunfire was heard, lawmakers snapped more than a dozen flagpoles...

Ottawa Shooter Thought 'Devil Was After Him'

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was banned from traveling

(Newser) - The man who stunned Canada with an armed attack on Parliament yesterday was no stranger to Canadian authorities, who had reportedly designated him a high-risk traveler and either seized his passport or refused to issue him a new one. Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, was the son of a Quebec businessman who...

Video Captures Gunfire Inside Canada Parliament

Harper: Canada will not be intimidated

(Newser) - Dramatic footage taken by a Globe and Mail reporter captures an exchange of gunfire inside the seat of Canada's government. More than 30 shots can be heard as authorities inside the Parliament building exchange fire with an attacker now identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau . In an evening address to the...

Sergeant-at-Arms Hailed as Hero in Canada Attack

Kevin Vickers shot gunman inside Parliament building

(Newser) - Coordinated terror attack? One gunman or maybe three? Much confusion remains about the assault on Canada's capital today , but one thing clear in the aftermath is that Parliament sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers is being hailed as a hero. The 58-year-old former police officer is credited with shooting the assailant inside...

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