Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Oct 22, 2014 14:37:18 GMT
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 22, 2014 14:41:43 GMT
It's on CNN right now. They don't have a lot of news yet, but they are promising that as soon as more is known they will let us know.
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Post by gar on Oct 22, 2014 14:45:01 GMT
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 22, 2014 14:47:08 GMT
CBC is in wall to wall (Peter Mansbridge has taken over the coverage) and it sounds crazy. I have friends in the press corps on the hill and I know they are going nutso right now (not going to call or text, they are too busy to deal with that and I'm sure they are getting inudated by people). I'm guessing some are in lockdown in centre block and some are probably on the proximity. Sheer insanity. I've never seen so many RCMP on the Hill before. One camera guy reports hearing 50 shots on the hill.
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Post by shevy on Oct 22, 2014 14:47:27 GMT
On CNN there is a journalist in the parliment building stating that there was a motionless body in the building (as in he was shot).
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Oct 22, 2014 14:55:44 GMT
They're looking at the roof of the Chateau Laurier.
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Post by cakediva on Oct 22, 2014 14:59:24 GMT
What the frack? That's twice this week we've had soldiers targeted - what is going on???
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 22, 2014 15:02:17 GMT
On CNN there is a journalist in the parliment building stating that there was a motionless body in the building (as in he was shot). I haven't heard that (though I did walk away for a couple minutes). There was a couple people down at the memorial though. |
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Post by BarbaraUK on Oct 22, 2014 15:03:28 GMT
Oh no, what awful news!  |
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Post by lucki on Oct 22, 2014 15:04:24 GMT
I didn't see this post before I made mine. We were in Ottawa last week. This just sickens me.  |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Oct 22, 2014 15:05:19 GMT
How horrible.
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 22, 2014 15:07:38 GMT
The War Memorial is one of my favourite places in Ottawa. Despite being in a very busy area, it's so peaceful and lovely. So it makes me sad that it's the backdrop of this.
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Post by shevy on Oct 22, 2014 15:08:38 GMT
On CNN there is a journalist in the parliment building stating that there was a motionless body in the building (as in he was shot). I haven't heard that (though I did walk away for a couple minutes). There was a couple people down at the memorial though. He's talking about a body infront of the library? He described many shots fired inside the building and that they are clearing the building room by room and the journalist hasn't been allowed to leave yet. |
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Post by annabella on Oct 22, 2014 15:10:34 GMT
Wow that's terrible!
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 22, 2014 15:11:26 GMT
I haven't heard that (though I did walk away for a couple minutes). There was a couple people down at the memorial though. He's talking about a body infront of the library? He described many shots fired inside the building and that they are clearing the building room by room and the journalist hasn't been allowed to leave yet. I'll have to switch to CNN to see... there apparently is talk of that happening but nothing has been reported in an official capacity (and CBC is being very clear on what's legit and official and what is not). |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2014 15:11:42 GMT
How terrible!
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Post by Dalai Mama on Oct 22, 2014 15:12:06 GMT
So far I've only heard of one confirmed injury and that was the original soldier.
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Post by conchita on Oct 22, 2014 15:13:06 GMT
I hope they can resolve this quickly without any more casualties!
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Dalai Mama
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Post by Dalai Mama on Oct 22, 2014 15:13:33 GMT
He's talking about a body infront of the library? He described many shots fired inside the building and that they are clearing the building room by room and the journalist hasn't been allowed to leave yet. I'll have to switch to CNN to see... there apparently is talk of that happening but nothing has been reported in an official capacity (and CBC is being very clear on what's legit and official and what is not). That's why I'm watching CBC - Mansbridge is being extremely careful to report the facts. |
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Post by Dalai Mama on Oct 22, 2014 15:15:32 GMT
CP says two or three shooters suspected; one suspect shot.
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 22, 2014 15:15:37 GMT
I'll have to switch to CNN to see... there apparently is talk of that happening but nothing has been reported in an official capacity (and CBC is being very clear on what's legit and official and what is not). That's why I'm watching CBC - Mansbridge is being extremely careful to report the facts. Exactly. Mansbridge is reporting that a CP reporter on the Hill is saying that police are looking for 2 or 3 gunman on the hill. But they are being very careful about anything they say. |
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Post by anniebygaslight on Oct 22, 2014 15:17:02 GMT
How awful.
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 22, 2014 15:18:36 GMT
Okay, NOW there is confirmation that one shooter is dead and that there is more than one. But police is making the reporters move again because they suspect someone is on a roof with a high powered rifle (perhaps the Laurier).
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Post by lucki on Oct 22, 2014 15:21:33 GMT
I'm absolutely shaking right now. I was there a few days ago with my daughter and husband. The War Memorial is a sacred space. I served in the Canadian military for 11 years and I have friends leaving for Kuwait today. We shouldn't have to worry about our soldiers as they stand guard duty at a Memorial in our Nation's Capital. |
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 22, 2014 15:22:25 GMT
I'm absolutely shaking right now. I was there a few days ago with my daughter and husband. The War Memorial is a sacred space. I served in the Canadian military for 11 years and I have friends leaving for Kuwait today. We shouldn't have to worry about our soldiers as they stand guard duty at a Memorial in our Nation's Capital. I agree. I have not served but that place is definitely sacred. |
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 22, 2014 15:25:53 GMT
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Post by BarbaraUK on Oct 22, 2014 15:26:00 GMT
What the frack? That's twice this week we've had soldiers targeted - what is going on??? Apparently this kind of thing is another type of retaliation by radical groups to countries who are involved in the bombing campaign in the Middle East. We raised our threat level in September because of concerns about returning jihadists and their sympathisers and days later arrested five people who were plotting to do the very same thing as is happening in Canada now. I saw on a news site earlier that Australia has been threatened as well.  |
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 22, 2014 15:28:58 GMT
But we don't know that these are jihadists. We have no idea who is doing this in Ottawa. There has been no talk about jihad or who these people could be. Yes, the hit and run two days ago was a jihadist who was on the RCMP radar but we cannot begin to speculate that this is a jihadi attack. There are numerous possibilities of who this could be. But this situation is much too fluid at the moment to place blame on anyone.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Oct 22, 2014 15:34:39 GMT
But we don't know that these are jihadists. We have no idea who is doing this in Ottawa. There has been no talk about jihad or who these people could be. Yes, the hit and run two days ago was a jihadist who was on the RCMP radar but we cannot begin to speculate that this is a jihadi attack. There are numerous possibilities of who this could be. But this situation is much too fluid at the moment to place blame on anyone. That's true, this could hopefully be a copy cat thing I guess. |
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Post by grinningcat on Oct 22, 2014 15:37:18 GMT
But we don't know that these are jihadists. We have no idea who is doing this in Ottawa. There has been no talk about jihad or who these people could be. Yes, the hit and run two days ago was a jihadist who was on the RCMP radar but we cannot begin to speculate that this is a jihadi attack. There are numerous possibilities of who this could be. But this situation is much too fluid at the moment to place blame on anyone. That's true, this could hopefully be a copy cat thing I guess. It could be separatists (though they've been quiet for a while now), or be someone/group with an issue with the government (there are certainly some of those), or it could be a sociopath who just wanted to kill people and make a splash. Or it could be a jihadist. At this point, who knows. Like my friends who want to call this a terror attack, it is too early to be using this kind of verbiage. As an aside, David Common at CBC Radio is now reporting that all CFB bases across the country are now closed to the public as a precaution though there is no proven or official connections between the events. |
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