Kevin Vickers

Police officers inspect the area around the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, where a Canadian soldier was shot and killed, on October 23, 2014.

Details emerge about the suspect in the Ottawa shooting, but not about potential terrorist ties

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After the shooting and the lockdown in Ottawa, Canadian police have shared details about the suspected gunman: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian citizen with a criminal record and a confiscated passport. But further information about his conversion to Islam and radicalization is still scarce.

Police guard Parliament Hill in Ottawa

Canada is rocked by shootings in and around the nation’s parliament building in Ottawa

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