Gunmen strike terror in Ottawa – Parliament attacked

In, what appeared to be coordinated attacks, a gunman attacked the Ottawa Parliament and the National War Memorial. The first shots rang out in the morning at the war memorial in Confederation Square located yards from the parliament nzherald.co.nz. The gunman then ran into the nearby parliament building, where he was shot and killed by police. The gunman has been identified.

At that time, a cabinet meeting was under way in Parliament and the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, and the leaders of the two main opposition parties left the building safely.
A second shooting was reported at around the same time at the Rideau Centre shopping mall, also in central Ottawa - police said they could not confirm this.
The incidents are significant since these come one day after Canada raised its terrorism-alert level from "low" to "medium" following the death of another soldier – this soldier was killed in a hit-and-run attack in Quebec by a man who is suspected to have jihadist sympathies.

Incidentally, Canada has decided to join the US-led coalition to combat ISIS, and Canadian aircraft are due to participate in the bombing campaign.