Possible terrorist event in Ottawa

[james_davis_nicoll]

Parliament Hill came under attack today after a man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, before seizing a car and driving to the doors of Parliament Hill's Centre Block nearby.

MPs and other witnesses reported several shots fired inside Parliament, and a gunman has been confirmed dead inside the building, shot by the House of Commons sergeant-at-arms, according to MPs' eyewitness accounts.

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[maruad.livejournal.com]

I worded my statement poorly. I meant I was surprised to learn the bulk of his work would be involving security issues. I had only considered the position an archaic figurehead type of thing... a soft plum job without any actual work.