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The 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill occurred on 22 October 2014, at Parliament Hill in Ottawa.Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a Canadian soldier and reservist on ceremonial sentry duty, was fatally shot at the National War Memorial, followed by an attack on the nearby Centre Block parliament building, where members of the Parliament of Canada were attending caucuses.
Military coup d'état: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike: Prime Minister of Ceylon: September 26, 1959: Colombo Ceylon: Talduwe Somarama: Hazza' Majali: Prime Minister of Jordan: August 29, 1960: Amman Jordan: Killed in a bomb explosion Abebe Aregai: Prime Minister of Ethiopia: December 17, 1960: Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Failed military coup d'état ...
On 18 June 2023, Nijjar was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Sikh temple (Gurdwara) in British Columbia. [10] [11] On 18 September 2023, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that Canadian intelligence agencies were "pursuing credible allegations of a potential link" between Indian government agents and the assassination of ...
In all, 37 people were killed as a result of arson. Lennoxville massacre: March 24, 1985 Lennoxville, Quebec: 5 Firearm No Part of the Quebec Biker war, 4 convicted of first degree murder École Polytechnique massacre: December 6, 1989 Montreal, Quebec: 15 / 14 Firearm Yes Marc Lépine killed 14 women and injured 14, before taking his own life ...
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By RYAN GORMAN Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a captive national audience only hours after a shooting at Parliament Hill that Canada will stop at nothing to bring those who threaten ...
This is a list of heads of state and government who died in office. In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm.
Two Canadian Forces members were hit by a lone wolf terrorist, Martin Couture-Rouleau. Warrant officer Patrice Vincent died from injuries, while another soldier was injured, but survived. The RCMP and the Government of Canada has characterized the homicide as a terrorist act by an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-inspired terrorist. [1]