WTF is going on in Canada

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22 Oct 2014, 10:43 am

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/world ... .html?_r=0

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/ ... 9120141021

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22 Oct 2014, 10:53 am

video clip from CBC

The shooter is still at large.

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The shootings in the heart of the normally placid Canadian capital came two days after a hit-and-run crash in a small Quebec city that killed one Canadian soldier and injured another. The authorities consider it an act of terrorism.

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22 Oct 2014, 11:13 am

Androbot's synopsis:

Shooting started at 10:00. Multiple gunmen in 3 locations so far. One has been shot dead, the others are at large.

There are three sites of shooting so far: at the National War Memorial, the Parliament Buildings and the Rideau Centre shopping centre.

Police are going door to door after one shooter was witnessed carjacking a vehicle.

No public statement yet.

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22 Oct 2014, 12:44 pm

The reservist shot while guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is reported as deceased.

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22 Oct 2014, 12:59 pm

I don't know how I can express my frustrations with this without sounding like a prejudice idiot, so I'm going to say nothing in that regard.

The people that do this crap need to be caught and punished.

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22 Oct 2014, 3:15 pm

A good chunk of the downtown section here in Ottawa is on lockdown and traffic getting into Quebec is really slow and long (bridge closures occurred earlier in the day, but are open now). There is said to be a shooter or suspect still out there. I came straight home after work rather than head to the gym.

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22 Oct 2014, 3:18 pm

I don't think they're 100% sure how many shooters there were. They may be searching for someone who doesn't exist.

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22 Oct 2014, 4:27 pm

YippySkippy wrote:

I don't think they're 100% sure how many shooters there were. They may be searching for someone who doesn't exist.

They aren't sure. They figure its best to not take their chances and take the city out of lockdown when there might be someone still around.

Also, the guy killed is from the same city as me

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22 Oct 2014, 5:44 pm

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Canadian soldier killed in Ottawa ID'd as Nathan Cirillo, reservist from Hamilton

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22 Oct 2014, 8:53 pm

ISIS called upon Muslims in Canada to attack the military for their involvement in Iraq/Syria

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23 Oct 2014, 12:08 pm

I work in downtown Ottawa one block from the National War Memorial. Spend most of yesterday locked down in our bldg and told to stay away from the windows. We we were evacuated at 3pm by our own internal security personnel after clearance from the RCMP.

The soldier was on sentry duty standing watch over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. He was a Army reservist from Hamilton and was only 24 and has a young son. I feel so bad for the soldiers family.

I just cannot comprehend any idiot who thinks it's OK to run around killing innocent people. As much as I hate violence, I am glad the Sergeant-at-Arms at the parliament bldgs used his sidearm to put the killer down.

Sad days here in Ottawa. Lots of very upset people, myself included. :cry:

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23 Oct 2014, 2:02 pm

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OTTAWA?Canada?s federal government said it would introduce legislation as soon as Thursday giving the country?s police and intelligence services greater powers to counter potential terrorist threats...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in Parliament on Thursday that laws and police powers had to be bolstered in the areas of surveillance, detention and arrest.

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25 Oct 2014, 1:45 am

eggheadjr wrote:

just goes to show how devastating technology can be in the wrong hands, with ISIS and their rallying calls rippling through the internet, tragedy in some of the most unexpected places.

sorry this happened so close to you.

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