FINANCIAL TIMES: …In chaotic scenes unlike anything Canada has seen in recent times, politicians used chairs and tables to barricade themselves in a meeting room during the shootout in the corridors of parliament. Prime minister Stephen Harper was speaking at a meeting in the building at the time of the attack but was safely evacuated.
The gunman was killed. US officials said the Canadian government had identified the man as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau…
With the help of the FBI in the US, Canadian authorities said they were looking for any link between the dead gunman and known terrorist groups or sympathisers, although they said there was no immediate information about motivation… (more)
