Canadian parliament shooter ‘made video’ before attack
Man who stormed Canada's seat of government driven by ideology: police
The man who killed a Canadian soldier and attacked the country's parliament building last week made a video of himself beforehand, evidence he was driven by ideological and political motives, police said.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Sunday that they were conducting a detailed analysis of the video made by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau and could not release it for now.
Zehaf-Bibeau, 32, stormed into the Parliament building with a rifle last Wednesday after shooting and killing Corporal Nathan Cirillo at a monument to Canada's war dead. Zehaf-Bibeau was shot dead in the building.
The federal police force said it believed a knife carried by Zehaf-Bibeau was retrieved from his aunt's property, but added it was still looking into the origin of the gun he used.
"It is an old and uncommon gun. We suspect that he could have similarly hidden the gun on the property but our inquiries continue," the police said.
The police also said Zehaf-Bibeau had worked in Alberta's oil fields and used the money he made to finance his activities in the days leading up to the attack. He had been living in an Ottawa homeless shelter just before the shooting.
The police are investigating Zehaf-Bibeau's interactions with numerous people in the days before the attack to find out whether these could have contributed to or facilitated his crime.