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Ottawa shooting incident extremely disturbing: Modi

| | Oct 23, 2014, at 05:14 am
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the shooting incident at Ottawa city in Canada was "extremely disturbing".

Modi tweeted: "News of the attack in Ottawa is extremely disturbing. I pray for everyone's safety."

At least one shooter was killed as series of shootings occurred in an around Canada's parliament on Wednesday, media reports said.

A Canadian soldier was killed while another Parliament Hill security guard was injured in the attack.

The Ottawa Police tweeted: "We would like to remind the public that the current incident is on-going. If you have any information please contact local authorities."

According to reports, the gunman shot a soldier at a war memorial in Ottawa and then rushed to the parliament building nearby.

The shootings occurred after the nation raised the terror threat level after a fatal hit-and-run attack on two soldiers recently, reports said.
 

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