Canadian PM to Parliament: 'We will not run scared'
Source: USA Today
OTTAWA -- One day after a gunman rampaged through its halls, the Canadian parliament opened Thursday with prolonged applause for the sergeant-and-arms that fatally shot the assailant and for the prime minister's vow to stand up to terrorists.
"We will be vigilant, but we will not run scared. We will be prudent, but not panic," Prime Minister Stephen Harper told members of Parliament to repeated applause. "As for the business of government, we are here in our seats, in our chamber, in the very heart of our democracy, and we are working."
The gunman, who was fatally shot during the assault, has been identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian born in 1982 who was a recent convert to Islam.
Canadian police confirmed Thursday that only one gunman was involved in the shootings in and around the Parliament building that left one soldier dead, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was standing guard at the nearby National War Memorial.
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