• An Ottawa police officer runs with his weapon drawn outside Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Sean Kilpatrick, The Canadian Press
    An Ottawa police officer runs with his weapon drawn outside Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Sean Kilpatrick, The Canadian Press
  • Paramedics and police wheel away a shot victim at the National War Memorial near Parliament Hill. The stricken soldier, identified as Corporal Nathan Cirillo, later died of his wounds. Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press
    Paramedics and police wheel away a shot victim at the National War Memorial near Parliament Hill. The stricken soldier, identified as Corporal Nathan Cirillo, later died of his wounds. Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press
  • A Royal Canadian Mounted Police intervention team walks past a gate on Parliament Hill. Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press
    A Royal Canadian Mounted Police intervention team walks past a gate on Parliament Hill. Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press
  • At least three people were admitted to hospital with minor injuries, while the attacker was killed. Sean Kilpatrick, The Canadian Press
    At least three people were admitted to hospital with minor injuries, while the attacker was killed. Sean Kilpatrick, The Canadian Press
  • Police teams move towards the centre block in their hunt for possible gunmen. Justin Tang, The Canadian Press
    Police teams move towards the centre block in their hunt for possible gunmen. Justin Tang, The Canadian Press
  • In response to the events, organizers scrapped a National Hockey League game between the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press
    In response to the events, organizers scrapped a National Hockey League game between the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Adrian Wyld, The Canadian Press
  • Security was stepped up at provincial legislatures, and a ceremony in Toronto to give Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai honorary Canadian citizenship was cancelled. Chris Roussakis/EPA
    Security was stepped up at provincial legislatures, and a ceremony in Toronto to give Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai honorary Canadian citizenship was cancelled. Chris Roussakis/EPA
  • A sign in a closed storefront as emergency responders attempt to secure a portion of downtown Ottawa. Chris Roussakis/EPA
    A sign in a closed storefront as emergency responders attempt to secure a portion of downtown Ottawa. Chris Roussakis/EPA
  • Throughout the city’s compact centre, police warned office workers to stay away from windows and shouted at journalists to take cover as events unfolded through the day. Chris Roussakis/EPA
    Throughout the city’s compact centre, police warned office workers to stay away from windows and shouted at journalists to take cover as events unfolded through the day. Chris Roussakis/EPA
  • A man wipes his eyes at a memorial outside the gates of the John Weir Foote Armory in Ontario, in honour of Canadian soldier Nathan Cirillo who was killed in the attack. Aaron Lynett, The Canadian Press
    A man wipes his eyes at a memorial outside the gates of the John Weir Foote Armory in Ontario, in honour of Canadian soldier Nathan Cirillo who was killed in the attack. Aaron Lynett, The Canadian Press
  • Chloe Hogan of Hamilton, the city from which Corporal Cirillo was from, places flowers outside the gates of the John Weir Foote Armory. Aaron Lynett, The Canadian Press
    Chloe Hogan of Hamilton, the city from which Corporal Cirillo was from, places flowers outside the gates of the John Weir Foote Armory. Aaron Lynett, The Canadian Press
  • A makeshift memorial sits on a downtown street one block away from Canada’s National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada on October 22, 2014. Warren Toda/EPA
    A makeshift memorial sits on a downtown street one block away from Canada’s National War Memorial in Ottawa, Canada on October 22, 2014. Warren Toda/EPA

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Ottawa shootings in Canada - in pictures

Robert Mickelson

October 23, 2014

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Canada’s prime minister vowed the country would “not be intimidated” after a man stormed parliament and killed a soldier – the second attack targeting Canadian military personnel this week. The suspect, identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, was killed inside Parliament Hill during the rampage.

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