Just in: A 32-year-old Quebec man who had recently converted to Islam shot and killed a Canadian soldier standing guard at the War Memorial in Ottawa, then traveled to the nearby Canadian parliament, where he opened fire before being fatally shot by the sergeant at arms, whose heroic actions likely saved countless lives. Multiple media outlets identified the man as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who had been known as Michael Joseph Hall before converting. Just after Bibeau’s name was reported, an ISIS Twitter account posted the above picture claiming it was the Ottawa shooter. An hour later, the account was suspended. Military Studies told Heavy that the same Twitter account was followed by Martin Couture-Rouleau. On October 20, Rouleau killed a Canadian soldier by hitting him with his car. Rouleau was a recent convert to Islam and told a 911 operator that he performed the act in the name of “Allah.” CBS News quoted U.S. officials when reported Bibeau’s name. CNN and other outlets reported earlier that Canadian officials had shared the name with the FBI. According to the New York Times, the U.S. government has no record of Bibeau’s behavior. Martin Couture-Rouleau, who, like Bibeau, had his passport seized before killing a Canadian soldier on October 20. (Facebook) According to The Globe and Mail: Sources told The Globe and Mail that he was recently designated a “high-risk traveller” by the Canadian government and that his passport had been seized – the same circumstances surrounding the case of Martin Rouleau-Couture, the Quebecker who was shot Monday after running down two Canadian Forces soldiers with his car. This means that over the last three days, two Canadian soldiers have been killed by men who had their passports seized. According to Montreal reporter Domenic Fazioli, Bibeau was arrested five times in the city. He has three possession charges dating back to December 2004 (marijuana and PCP). In that case, he pleaded guilty and spent 60 days in jail. His two other arrests were for parole violations. During his time in Montreal, Bibeau lived in the Villeray neighborhood. The Ottawa Citizen reports that he lived there between 2004 and 2006. The paper adds that after 2006 he “fell off the map for three years.” He failed to show in court on marijuana charges in 2006. He also lived in the the town of Aylmer for a period. According to CBS, sources say his name was Michael Abdul Zehaf Bibeau, and he sometimes dropped the Michael and went by Abdul Zehalf Bibeau. The Vancouver Sun reported that Bibeau was arrested in British Columbia in 2011 for assault and robbery. The Sun says that in that case, he went by the name Michael Joseph Paul Zehaf Bibeau. The robbery happened in December 2011. According to Global News, Bibeau was arrested in Vancouver again in 2012, this time for making threats. On the threatening charge, he spent a day in prison. Bibeau was shot dead by the Canadian Parliament’s Sergeant-at-Arms, Kevin Vickers. He was killed inside the Canadian parliament’s Center Block building. Witnesses said they saw Bibeau wearing a black coat with blue jeans, reports CBC. The same report says gun used in the attack was a double-barrel shotgun. Alberta Labor Minister Ric McIver told the Ottawa Sun that Bibeau was driving a “brown Toyota Corolla with no license plate.” He added that the car “roared up the street and screeched to a halt.”
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:58:42 +0000
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