23 October 2014

Ottawa shooting: Canadian Muslims denounce attacks - Muslim groups respond to the Ottawa shooting

Canadian Muslim groups have condemned the two deadly attacks this week, saying the incidents have no connection to Islam or its beliefs.

Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shot and killed a guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday before launching an attack in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings.

This came two days after Martin Couture-Rouleau, struck and killed a Canadian Forces member with a vehicle. Police had said Couture-Rouleau had been recently "radicalized." [cbc.radio-canada.ca] Read more