Soldier shot, wounded near Canada parliament; shooter not yet caught

Source:Reuters Published: 2014-10-23 0:53:01

A Canadian soldier was shot at Ottawa's Canadian War Memorial and the shooter was seen running towards the nearby parliament buildings, where more shots were fired, according to media and eyewitness reports on Wednesday.

The buildings were put on lockdown as police and tactical teams converged on the area. The wounded soldier was taken into an ambulance where medical personnel were seen giving him cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.

The shooting comes two days after an Islamic convert ran down two Canadian soldiers with his car, killing one, near Montreal, before being shot and killed by police.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was safe after being evacuated from the Parliament, his press secretary said.

A construction worker on the scene told Reuters he heard a gunshot, and then saw a man dressed in black running towards parliament with a gun.

The man stopped a car at gunpoint and hijacked it, construction worker Scott Walsh told Reuters. The driver got out safely, then the man drove the car to the Centre Block on Parliament Hill, where construction work is underway.

The gunman rushed past a woman with a child in a stroller, who ran away screaming. He did not attack the woman or child, Walsh said.



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