(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Michael Zehaf-Bibeau who was shot dead by police in the parliament in Ottawa after killing a soldier Wednesday was mentally ill and wanted to die his mother wrote in a lengthy separate statement to the public.
This image provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police shows and undated image of Michael Zehaf-Bibeau 32 who shot a soldier to death at Canada's national war memorial.- AP
Ottawa: The shooter who rampaged through Canada’s parliament took a video of himself just before the attack and was inspired by ideological and political motives police said on Sunday contradicting the claims of his estranged mother.
Michael Zehaf-Bibeau who was shot dead by police in the parliament in Ottawa after killing a soldier Wednesday was mentally ill and wanted to die his mother wrote in a lengthy separate statement to the public.
But labeling it “a terrorist attack” Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Bob Paulson said that the 32-year-old “was driven by ideological and political motives. Zehaf-Bibeau had prepared a video recording of himself just prior to conducting this attack.
“The RCMP is conducting a detailed analysis of the video for evidence and intelligence.”
When a passport application of his was repeatedly denied Zehaf-Bibeau felt trapped “unable to stay in the life he was in unable to move on to the next one he wanted to go to” his mother wrote.
“He was mad and felt trapped so the only way out was death.”
She stressed that while “horrified” by her son’s actions he had suffered from deep psychological problems.
Zehaf-Bibeau killed a soldier and attempted to storm parliament before the assembly’s sergeant-at-arms shot him dead.
The attack — the second in a week targeting Canadian military personnel on home soil — came as Canadian jets were to join the US-led bombing campaign against militants in Iraq.
Police were investigating Zehaf-Bibeau’s interactions with “numerous individuals” in the days leading up to the attack Paulson said adding that the young Canadian had saved up a considerable amount of money from working in oil fields.
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